Fukui Sabae Gymnastics training camp canceled for Chinese national team March 20 15:52
Due to the spread of the new coronavirus, the preparatory training camp for the Chinese gymnastics national team scheduled for next month in Sabae, Fukui Prefecture for the Tokyo Olympics will be canceled.
Sabae City has become the host town of China at the Tokyo Olympics, and about 30 people, including players of the national gymnastics team of China, will have a training camp from 25 to 29 next month, but the new coronavirus In response to the spread of the disease, Sabae City has filed an offer with the Chinese Gymnastics Association on October 10 to declare that "thorough security cannot be guaranteed from the viewpoint of athlete health management and infection prevention."
As a result, on the 19th, Sabae City officially decided to cancel the training camp, assuming that the Chinese side agreed.
In Sabae City, there is a plan to have substitutes of the Chinese gymnastics national team stay and practice for about two weeks from the end of July, when the Tokyo Olympic Games will be held. I want to talk with you.
Masato Tabata, Manager of the Sabae City Lifelong Learning and Sports Division, said, "We have been preparing for the next four years, expecting the world's top-level players to come and promoting the city to the world, and expecting to interact with the Sabae players. I'm very sorry that I hope the virus will end soon and the rest of the business will be well-scheduled. "