To Tokyo Olympics Softball representative from Japan announces new uniform July 22nd 21:08
At the Tokyo Olympic Games, which will be the first day in 23 days until the opening of the event, a new uniform of Japan's representative of softball will be announced for the first time in three games. I was enthusiastic."
The announcement of the new uniform was held in Tokyo on the 22nd, and Japanese coach Utsuki and captain Eri Yamada participated.
Up until now, the uniforms of the Japanese national team were based on gold, but for the Tokyo Olympics, the design was based on red with the Hinomaru consciousness, and the uniform number is white.
Yamada, who showed off his new uniform, said about the first match to be held on July 21 next year ahead of the opening ceremony, ``There is no change in my task even if it is postponed for one year, and my goal of winning a gold medal does not change. I want each player to be aware and aim for the year ahead."
Also, if the Olympics had not been postponed, the first softball game was held on the 22nd, but Director Utsuki said, ``I can not think of it so I want to play a good game next year''. “I think the strategy will change a lot, but the postponement of one year will make it possible to further strengthen the young players. In this situation, I am honestly worried whether I can convene the Japanese national team again, but I won the gold medal. I want to make good preparations for the acquisition," he said.
According to the Softball Association, we will continue to change the members of the 20 designated reinforced players, and will narrow down the 15 representative players at training camps that will restart from around November this year.
Women's Japan League Opening September 5th
The Japan Softball Association announced that the Japanese League for Women, which had been canceled due to the new coronavirus, will start on September 5th with an audience.
The Softball Women's Japanese League, which was scheduled to start in March this year, canceled all the first half games scheduled by April due to the spread of the new coronavirus.
After that, the Japan Softball Association, which was looking for the opening, initially decided to set September 5th, when the second half of the game was scheduled to start, as the opening day, and announced that it will play 66 games in total.
The final tournament, which will determine the ranking, will be held in November as originally scheduled. It is planned that a spectator will be put in the game, and when entering the game, check the body temperature with thermography, use at least one spectator seat at intervals, ban loud cheering etc. He says he will take measures to prevent infection.
In addition, we are considering the specific number of spectators in the future.