Ski Jumping Women's World Cup Zao Tournament Canceled Huge cost of infection control October 31st 21:00
Regarding the Ski Jumping Women's World Cup Zao Tournament to be held in January next year, the executive committee made in Yamagata City, etc., said that it would be difficult to secure personnel to prevent infection with the new coronavirus and the cost would be enormous. , Announced to cancel.
The Ski Jumping Women's World Cup Zao Tournament is scheduled for three days starting January 15th next year.
According to the executive committee made in Yamagata City, etc., the International Ski Federation will secure charter flights for the tournament as a means of transportation for the people involved in the tournament as a countermeasure against the new coronavirus, and will assign a dedicated doctor. That means that the executive committee was required to bear all the costs for the measures.
As a result of considering these conditions, the executive committee announced on the 31st that the tournament will be canceled because it is difficult to secure personnel and the cost will be enormous, such as an additional budget of about 100 million yen.
In response to this, the International Ski Federation will officially decide to cancel the tournament.
Takahiro Sato, the mayor of Yamagata City, who serves as the chairman of the executive committee, said, "It is difficult to establish a system to clear various conditions and execute safely. The additional cost will be enormous, and I regret to say that I decided to cancel." Said.