`` Adhering to Wheelchair Basketball Implementation Standards and Revision of Rules '' 12:06 on February 4, Olympic Minister
In connection with the International Paralympic Committee warning that wheelchair basketball may be excluded from the Tokyo Paralympic Games competition, the Minister for Olympic and Paralympic Games Hashimoto will amend the rules to comply with the standards for implementation. I wanted to ask a sports organization.
With regard to wheelchair basketball, the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation warns that the International Paralympic Committee may exclude it from the Tokyo Paralympic Games, saying that the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation does not observe the rules for classifying players according to their disabilities. You.
In this connection, the Olympic and Paralympic Minister for Hashimoto wants to call on sports organizations in a press conference after the Cabinet meeting to revise the rules in compliance with the IPC standards for the competition at the Tokyo Games. I showed the idea.
After that, "If wheelchair basketball can not be held, I think that athletes who have worked hard until now will be very disappointed. From the perspective of athlete first, by all means, the officials in each field should firmly hold for the competition. I want you to make an effort. "