More than half of the designated athletes who "feel the fear of virus infection" JOC survey October 23, 23:47
The JOC / Japanese Olympic Committee has released the results of a questionnaire investigating the effects of the new coronavirus on athletes, and even after the state of emergency was lifted, more than half of the athletes designated to strengthen the Olympics felt "fear of virus infection". I answered.
The JOC conducted a questionnaire to the athletes to find out how they were affected by the spread of the new coronavirus, and reported the results at a meeting on the 23rd, including those in charge of strengthening competition groups.
The questionnaire was conducted on 1693 athletes designated for strengthening the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, of which 995 responded.
According to this, about 70% of the athletes answered that there was a big restriction on practice during the period of the state of emergency, and the most common cause was "there was no place" such as the inability to use the training facility. The reason "I was worried about the eyes" continued.
In addition, the questionnaire found that more than half of the athletes answered that they "feel afraid of virus infection" even after the end of May when the state of emergency was lifted.
It is said that the players continued to request information on the virus and information on the holding of the tournament.
Mitsugi Ogata, General Manager of the JOC's Strengthening Headquarters, said, "I understand how athletes are in trouble. I want to think hard about how to create a training environment in the future." Was shown.