Gymnastics Kohei Uchimura cancels the spread of the new competition at 19:35 on February 26
The event, which was newly set up by gymnastics Kohei Uchimura and scheduled for next month, will be canceled due to the spread of the new coronavirus.
Uchimura, who achieved the second consecutive victory in the individual Olympics, will set up a new individual comprehensive tournament and participate in this tournament as a coordination tournament for the All-Japan Championship in April, also serving as the representative for the Tokyo Olympics. Was scheduled.
The tournament was scheduled to be held in Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture on the 18th of next month, but as a result of the examination by the organizers following the spread of the new coronavirus, the tournament was canceled.
Uchimura commented, "I'm in a tough decision now that we have to prevent the spread of infection, but we'll cancel it. We sincerely hope that the situation will end as soon as possible."