Overseas Olympic athlete at a training camp in Japan Cannot return to Japan New Coronavirus March 16 17:26
With the spread of the new coronavirus worldwide, movements around the Olympics and Paralympics have been affected, as foreign athletes who are training camps in Japan for the Tokyo Olympics cannot return home.
A total of eight players and coaches from the Mongolian marathon candidates have been training camps since the beginning of February in Izumisano, Osaka, their host town. The players were originally scheduled to return home on the 17th, but since the Mongolian government has stopped all international scheduled flights as a countermeasure against the new coronavirus, it is impossible to return home.
The players are supposed to continue training in Japan for the time being with the support of Izumisano City, but they were worried that they could not return to Japan.
"I have a young child and wife at home, so I want to go home once. So I want to practice well and prepare for the actual performance. "
In Izumisano City, in addition to securing accommodation and pick-up and drop-off to practice places,
We will continue to provide necessary assistance, such as 延長 extending the visa for staying in Japan and ▽ applying for a visa to enter Germany, where the players will compete next month.
A person in charge of Izumisano City said, "It was a situation we had never anticipated, but we would like to support players so they can achieve good results."