40 years from boycott of the Moscow Olympics “Light the representatives at the Tokyo tournament” May 24, 7:03
It has been 40 years since the day when Japan decided the boycott of the Moscow Olympics in 1980 when the Cold War between East and West continued. Efforts to illuminate the Japanese national team players at the time of the "phantom" are being considered for the Tokyo Games, which has been postponed for one year.
Regarding the 1980 Moscow Olympics held as the Cold War continued in the east and west, JOC = Japan Olympic Committee voted at the extraordinary general meeting on May 24, 40 years ago, and decided the boycott.
In December of last year, JOC officially opened the event where the representatives of those days gathered in order to illuminate the Japanese representatives at the time when the participation in this tournament became a "phantom" again.
At that time, Chairman Yasuhiro Yamashita, who was a representative of Judo at the time, said, “I want everyone to be involved in the Tokyo Olympics in some way,” and revealed a plan to be involved in the Olympic Games held in his country as a torchbearer.
After that, the Olympics were postponed for one year due to the influence of the new coronavirus, but JOC is planning to consider how the representatives will be involved in the Tokyo Games.
On the other hand, JOC Chairman Yamashita, as well as Yuji Takada, Executive Director of the Japan Wrestling Association, are some of the representative athletes of the time, and they are now playing key roles in the sports organization.
Amid the ever-increasing ties between sports and politics, such as the national budget to strengthen athletes ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, and the history of boycotting the Olympics, which is said to be a symbol of peace, `` relationship with politics '' 40 years has been a difficult issue for us to consider and act as a sports world.