International Lifelong Sports Tournament in May next year Adjusted by postponing about one year Corona influence October 9, 14:53
Regarding the international lifelong sports competition "World Masters Games 2021 Kansai" scheduled to be held mainly in Kansai next May, the organizing committee of the competition postponed the holding for about one year due to the influence of the new coronavirus. I started to adjust in the direction of.
World Masters Games, which started in Canada in 1985, is an international competition for lifelong sports held once every four years, and in principle, anyone over the age of 30 can participate.
The next 10th tournament will be held in May next year for the first time in Asia, with Japan as the venue, and 35 competitions in 10 prefectures and prefectures, including 2 prefectures and 4 prefectures in Kansai, plus Fukui, Okayama, Tottori, and Tokushima. , 59 events are scheduled to be held.
The Organizing Committee of the Games has set a goal of about 50,000 athletes from Japan and overseas, and has estimated that the economic spillover effect related to the event, such as accommodation, will be 146.1 billion yen.
However, due to the fact that the infection of the new coronavirus cannot be expected to converge and it is difficult for athletes from overseas to participate, the Organizing Committee has begun to make adjustments to postpone the event for about a year.
The Organizing Committee will formally decide at the board meeting on the 28th of this month.