Paralympic marathon in Tokyo as planned IPC General Meeting October 27th 23:18
IPC = International Paralympic Committee general meeting was held in Germany, and Toshiro Muto, the Secretary General of the Organizing Committee who reported on the preparations for the Tokyo Paralympic Games, said the Paralympic Marathon “I think it is a particularly big problem. No, ”he said, thinking about implementing it in Tokyo as planned.
The IPC held a general meeting in Bonn, Germany on the 27th, and Secretary General Muto of the Tokyo Games Organizing Committee reported on the preparations for the event.
A plan to move to Sapporo as a countermeasure against extreme heat at the Tokyo Paralympic Games A plan to run a marathon for the visually impaired and wheelchair classes in the Tokyo course planned at the Olympics, but questions from the general meeting attendant about the heat There were no opinions or opinions.
After finishing the report, Secretary-General Muto responded to the interview about the countermeasures against the heat of the marathon in the Paralympic Games. “There has been a lot of discussion so far and the start time has been advanced to 6:30 in the morning, and the temperature is different from the Olympic season. The people of the Paralympic Games understand that they are satisfied at the moment, and I do n’t think it ’s a particularly big problem, ”he said.
On the other hand, “The talk about the relocation of Sapporo at the Olympics is very recent, so there are places where the Paralympic marathon will not be allowed to be debated in response to this. "I will discuss the issue" and expressed the idea that we would like to carefully determine the impact of the discussion at the Coordinating Committee of the IOC = International Olympic Committee that will be held from 30th of this month.