The last tournament for the Judo Olympics was held with no spectators.
Following the spread of the new coronavirus, the All Japan Judo Federation has decided to hold the All Japan Selected Weight Championship in Fukuoka next month without any audience.
This tournament has attracted a great deal of attention as the final venue for Shiro Maruyama and Hajime Abe, who are fiercely competing for the Tokyo Olympics in the 66km class for men.
In response to the spread of the new coronavirus, the All Japan Judo Federation discussed on the afternoon of June 6 in Tokyo the policy of future competitions.
As a result, the 4th and 5th next month, at the Fukuoka International Center in Fukuoka City, we decided to hold the All Japan Selected Weight Championship without taking the audience after taking measures to prevent infection such as alcohol disinfection. Was.
In this competition, among the 14 individual classes held at the Olympics, the only unscheduled athletes have not been decided, the battle between the world champion who is a boy 66 km class Maruyama and Abe has been attracting attention, and two people If you win properly, you will compete in the final.
"The sumo wrestling and Senbatsu High School Baseball have also become unspectators. It is difficult to hold regular events, but if infection control measures are taken, it is judged that if the audience is unobservable, it will be understood." did.
Zenjuren will decide again on how to implement the All-Japan Women's Championship and Men's All-Japan Championship that will be held after the middle of next month.