National Athletic Meet and Sports Games for the Disabled in Kagoshima Judgment on whether to hold in June 20:25 on May 15
Regarding the holding of the National Athletic Meet = National Athletic Meet and National Sports Festival for the Disabled, scheduled for October this year in Kagoshima Prefecture, Governor Santanen will be on the 15th with the chairman of the Japan Sports Association and the Japan Sports Association for the Disabled. We agreed to meet above and draw conclusions about the event as early as June.
This year, we are considering holding the National Sports Festival and National Sports Festival for the Disabled for the purpose of ensuring the safety of athletes due to the spread of the new coronavirus.
On May 15, Governor Santanen had a web meeting with the presidency of the Japan Sports Association and the Japan Sports Association for the Disabled at the prefectural office. All meetings were private except for the beginning.
According to the Japan Sports Association, Chairman Ito has declared that eight prefectures are still in an emergency state against Governor Santanen, and it is difficult to determine the future trends, and more than 60% of the prefectural qualifying sessions will be postponed or canceled. In addition to considering it, he said that there were many voices asking for the possibility of holding the event early and that there were many opinions that fair and fair player selection could not be done.
In addition, in the future, it is said that the prospect of holding the safety of athletes gathering from all over the country and judging whether it can be held will be shown.
After the meeting, the prefecture announced Governor Santanen's comment, "The two organizations, the Sports Agency and the prefecture continued to make adjustments and agreed that they would reach conclusions as early as possible in June."
Governor Santanen plans to hold a meeting with Secretary of the Sports Agency, Suzuki, on the website on 18th of this month.
Chairman Ito "Kagoshima Prefecture has taken preparations for many years and has taken it seriously"
The Japan Sports Association will allow Chairman Ito to hold an online meeting with Governor Santanen of Kagoshima Prefecture to promote discussions with the Sports Agency and Japan Sports Association for the Disabled to decide whether or not the event will be held next month. Revealed that you sought understanding.
At the meeting, Chairman Ito declared an emergency situation in eight prefectures such as Tokyo and Osaka, and it is difficult to determine future trends, and a survey was conducted on the prefectural qualifiers held by the association last month. According to the report, more than 60% consider postponement or cancellation, and there are many opinions that fair and fair player selection cannot be done.
On top of that, Chairman Ito said, "We take the fact that Kagoshima Prefecture has been prepared for many years seriously," and have shown an understanding of Kagoshima Prefecture's efforts so far.
In the future, the four members of the association, Kagoshima Prefecture, Sports Agency, and Japan Sports Association for the Disabled will hold discussions and Chairman Ito will ask the governor for understanding so that he can decide whether or not to hold the event by the end of next month.