Para Athletics Japan Championship opens at 13:55 on September 5th as a touchstone for Tokyo Para

The Para-Athletics Japan Championship, which had been postponed due to the new coronavirus, started on the 5th with thorough measures against infection, and it is attracting attention as a touchstone for safely performing the Tokyo Paralympic Games next year.

The Para-Athletics Japan Championship, where top athletes aiming for the Tokyo Paralympic Games were scheduled to be held in May, was postponed due to the new coronavirus and began on the 5th in Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture.



Since some athletes are prone to becoming seriously ill if they are infected with the virus due to a disability, it is held with no audience including family members, and all players are given portable alcohol to disinfect the wheelchair for competition and thorough infection. Measures have been taken.



In the morning, Chiaki Takada, who has been nominated as a representative of the Tokyo Paralympics in the visually impaired class of female long jump, appeared.



Takata, who cannot see anything at all, determines the direction of the approach and the timing of the take-off with the voice of the lead character called ``Cola'' and the clapping, and jumps 4 meters 46 centimeters, approaching 2 centimeters to his own tour record in the first jump, Won.



On the other hand, some athletes with relatively severe disabilities have decided not to participate in order to avoid the risk of infection, and they are attracting attention as a touchstone for safely holding the competition for the Tokyo Paralympic Games next year.

Winner in visually impaired class Takada "I'm glad we held it"

Chiaki Takada, who won the women's long jump and visually impaired class, said, ``I'm glad that I was able to do the run straight and jump straight, and I was able to do that. However, it was really good because I was able to hold the tournament because I could not practice even because I could not do it all the time due to the influence of corona, so I decided to do it if I could not even jump one. It was