Archery All Japan Championship Opening Tokyo Paralympic Games also participated October 31st 20:39
The all-Japan archery championship began in Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture, and Chika Shigesada, a wheelchair who has been appointed as the representative of the Tokyo Paralympics next year, participated in the qualifying with healthy players.
The venue for the All Japan Championship, which decides the best archery in Japan, was changed from Tokyo to Okazaki City due to the influence of the new coronavirus, and the competition started on the 31st, and a recurve qualifying using a general bow was held for both men and women.
This is the first time that a tournament in which top athletes will participate in archery after the spread of the virus has spread, and top athletes aiming for the Tokyo Olympics, such as Takaharu Furukawa for boys and Ren Hayakawa for girls, have all joined the paralympic games. A wheelchair archery player who has been appointed as a women's representative also participated.
The Archery Federation has allowed Para players to participate in the All Japan Championship, and this time, Shigetada was qualified only after satisfying the same high-level record selection conditions as healthy players.
The players shoot a total of 72 arrows 70 meters away and compete for points out of 720 points.
Furukawa and Hayakawa steadily advanced to the final tournament with the top 32 players, but Shigetada lacked a sense of stability, saying "I was caught in the atmosphere", and qualifying with 576 points, which is far from my personal best. I finished in 61st place and couldn't advance to the final tournament.
Regarding this challenge of Shigetada, Masahiro Tsuda, the competition manager of the All Japan Archery Federation, said, "The recurve division is exactly the same as a healthy person in the Olympic event. I think that Shigetada's participation was very significant in terms of symbiosis." Was there.
Heavy players who lost the qualifying "Next practice so that they can pass the qualifying"
Chika Shigesada (37), who lost the qualifying for the first time, said, "I thought I shouldn't be overwhelmed by the atmosphere, but I was brilliantly caught. When the tension disappeared, I got a good score. There were times, so I want to make the waves smaller. "
Regarding his participation in the recurve division, which is unusual for a wheelchair player, he said, "Archery is a sport without barriers, and you can do it with the same rules as a healthy person with a wheelchair or artificial limbs, so everyone will be able to do it together. I think it's good. I want to practice harder so that I can pass the qualifying next time. "
On top of that, for next year's Tokyo Paralympics, which has been unofficially decided as the representative, "I'm saying'I'll take the gold medal', so in order to do what I say, I will devote myself to this regret and score with confidence. I want to be able to put it out. "
Change the venue and take various infection countermeasures
The venue for the All Japan Archery Championship was changed from Tokyo to Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture due to the influence of the new coronavirus, and various infection countermeasures were taken at the site.
According to the All Japan Archery Federation, the distance between athletes competing at the venue has been set to about 80 cm, but this tournament has been expanded to more than 1 meter to avoid so-called dense conditions.
In addition, the athletes proceeded with the competition while collecting the arrows that were stabbed by themselves, but prohibited them from touching the arrows of other people in order to reduce the risk of infection through tools.
In addition, masks were required to be worn in tents where athletes were waiting, and general infection countermeasures such as temperature measurement and disinfection were taken without spectators.
Takaharu Furukawa, who passed the men's recurve qualifying at the top, said, "If an infected person appears in this tournament, it will affect future tournaments.
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In addition, Masahiro Tsuda, director of the All Japan Archery Federation, said, "Archery may have a lower risk of infection than other competitions, but there are many athletes and people involved, so I would like to take all possible measures." Was there.