Athletics June Japan Championship postponed New Coronavirus April 3 17:54

Due to the spread of the new coronavirus, the onshore Japan Championship scheduled for June has been postponed.

The Japan Track and Field Championship was scheduled to be held at Yanmar Stadium Nagai in Osaka on June 25-28 as a representative selection race for track and field events for the Tokyo Olympics.

According to the Japan Athletics Federation, the spread of the new coronavirus continued, and major domestic and international tournaments have been postponed or canceled one after another.

In addition, the postponement of the Japanese Championships for "mixed competitions" such as the 10th and 7th races scheduled to be held in Nagano City in the same June.

The Japan Federation of Federations is currently planning to hold a new venue at the end of September to early October.

Track and field events on land were scheduled to be held one after another this month, but by June, almost all tournaments sponsored and sponsored by the Japan Federation of Federations had been canceled or postponed. Was.