Tokyo Olympics Poland national team and others Gunma Takashima training camp canceled March 4 18:34
NHK interviews revealed that gold medalists and other representatives of Poland at the Tokyo Olympics canceled their planned training camp in Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture in the host town due to the spread of the new coronavirus. Was.
Takasaki has become the host city of Poland during the Tokyo Olympics.
According to the Takasaki Foundation, which has been focusing on hosting camps, Anita Votalcchik, who won two gold medals in the London and Rio de Janeiro Games for the Olympic Games' hammer throw, will be held from the 31st of this month to 19th of the next month. By the day, another 10 Judo athletes, including representatives of the judo, were to camp from the 10th to the 15th of this month.
However, on January 27, the coach of Votalczyk and the Polish Judo Federation each alerted the Foundation that they were "worried about the new coronavirus" and that "the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs had warned them not to travel to Japan." The e-mail of the contents arrived, and it was told that the visit to Japan itself was canceled.
Mr. Fotahiro Ehara, Director of the Takasaki Foundation Planning and Invitation Dept., said that Votalcik was scheduled to be invited to a related event related to the Torch Relay held in Takasaki City on the 1st of next month. I'm very sorry that I've been preparing, but the email says, "Let's meet at the training camp before the Olympics."