Ski Jumping World Cup Sapporo Tournament Cancellation Announcement November 12, 12:03
The Sapporo Ski Federation has announced that it will cancel the Ski Jumping World Cup, which was scheduled to be held in Sapporo in January and February next year, due to the rapid spread of the new coronavirus infection in Hokkaido.
The Ski Jumping World Cup Sapporo Tournament is held every year at the Okurayama Jump Stadium in Sapporo City, and next year, it was scheduled for two days each from January 9th for girls and February 6th for boys. ..
However, according to the federation, more than 100 people are infected with the new coronavirus every day in Hokkaido, so we decided to cancel the event in consideration of the infection risk of participating domestic and foreign athletes and tournament officials. about it.
In addition, we were considering incorporating one match of the ski jumping women's World Cup Zao tournament, which had already been canceled, into the schedule of the Sapporo tournament as an alternative match, but we gave up.
The decision to cancel the tournament will be officially decided by the International Ski Federation after receiving the report.