Top domestic players such as Kiryu and Harimoto compete in competition games Video distribution October 8 19:19
In order to increase the momentum for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, which was postponed to next year, the JOC = Japanese Olympic Committee has announced that top athletes in Japan such as Yoshihide Kiryu on land and Tomokazu Harimoto on table tennis will play games in their respective competitions. The video of the competition will be distributed on the Internet.
This was planned by the JOC Athletes Committee, and was attended by players such as Kiryu and Yuki Koike on land, Harimoto and Miu Hirano on table tennis.
Kiryu and Koike, who have a record of 9 seconds at 100 meters, faced each other at 100 meters in the game.
Kiryu said, "I ran 100 meters for the first time in the game, so the timing of the start was difficult."
In addition, table tennis players Harimoto and Hirano made a pair in mixed doubles and played against Ai Fukuhara and his wife who participated remotely from Taiwan, and Harimoto occasionally smiled.
Harimoto said, "It was over in a blink of an eye, but I enjoyed it. I want to cherish every day and do my best for the next year's Tokyo Olympics."
The video will be available on the internet on October 10th.