Para-Badminton World Championships to be held in Tokyo next October 18th November 18:50
It has been decided that the Para-Badminton World Championship will be held in Japan for the first time next year.
It is scheduled to be held in Tokyo in October after the end of the Tokyo Paralympics.
The Para-Badminton World Championships are held every two years, and the World Badminton World Federation announced on the 17th that the 2021 tournament will be held in Japan by a vote of the board of directors.
Japan was running for the venue of the 2021 tournament.
According to the Japanese Para-Sports Federation, the tournament will be held at the Sumida Ward General Gymnasium in Tokyo from October 26th to 31st next year, more than a month after the closing of the Tokyo Paralympics.
Para-badminton is the new competition for the Tokyo Paralympics next year, and it is the first time that a world championship will be held in Japan.
Kazumi Hirano, the president of the federation, said, "I am very pleased with the decision to hold the event. I would like to utilize my know-how on infection control at the Tokyo Paralympics to prepare a safe and secure competition to develop the competition and raise its attention." ..