Table tennis All Japan Championships No doubles next year Corona infection prevention July 27 22:34
For the All Japan Championship scheduled for January next year, the Japan Table Tennis Association will proceed with preparations to carry out only singles instead of all three doubles events to prevent new coronavirus infection. It was
In table tennis All Japan Championship, men's doubles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles are held every year in addition to men's and women's singles every year.
The Japan Table Tennis Association announced on the 27th that it will prepare for the All Japan Championship scheduled for January next year in the direction of performing only the singles without performing all the third doubles.
The Table Tennis Association has created guidelines for avoiding doubles practice to prevent infection with the new coronavirus, and doubles practice was not practiced at the Japan National Training Camp held for about a month from last month. ..
The reason why doubles are not held at the All Japan Championship is based on these points.
Doubles will not be held at the tournament that started in 1911, except for the fact that the tournament itself was canceled during the Pacific War.
Men's and women's singles will be held in the junior section, which competes in the second year of high school and below.
“All national tournaments have been cancelled during the year, but I would like to do my best to be able to hold the tournament safely and safely starting next year's All Japan Championship,” said Ichiro Hoshino, Managing Director of the Japan Table Tennis Association.