Data map: Ariake Stadium.
China News Service March 16th. Beijing time On March 16th, the Japan Volleyball Association officially announced the cancellation of the Tokyo Olympic Volleyball Test Match, which was originally planned to be the first international event of the Tokyo Olympics "Ariake Stadium".
The Japan Volleyball Association wrote in the announcement: Considering that large events will increase the risk of new coronavirus infections, the Ariake Arena volleyball test competition originally scheduled for April 21st (Tuesday) -26th (Sunday) this year will be cancelled.
"As the organizer, we held various discussions from the perspective of the safety of the players and fans, according to expert recommendations and responses to other competition items, but because the spread of the infection could not be predicted for the time being, we decided to continue to observe and had to cancel the Events. "
It is worth mentioning that both the Chinese women's volleyball team and the Chinese men's volleyball team are planning to participate in the invitational team. In addition to the host Japanese women's volleyball team and the Chinese women's volleyball team, two teams, the Thai women's volleyball team and the Chinese Taipei women's volleyball team, were also invited to participate in the test match.
At present, the Chinese women's volleyball team is conducting closed-campus training in Beijing. Several pre-Olympic events, such as the Swiss Women's Volleyball Classic, the World Women's Volleyball League and the Tokyo Olympic Volleyball Test, have been suspended or postponed. If the current situation, the Chinese women's volleyball team may face a situation of zero warm-up before the Olympics. (Finish)