This winter national polity = National Sports Festival has started on the 27th in Aichi and Gifu prefectures.
As the infection of the new coronavirus spreads, the competition is an unusual competition, with no spectators and some local governments withdrawing from participation.
This winter's national polity will be held in Aichi, Gifu, and Akita prefectures, of which Aichi and Gifu prefectures will have skating and ice hockey competitions from the 27th to the 5th. ..
On the 27th, the opening ceremony was held in the hall in Higashi-ku, Nagoya, and prior to the ceremony, Kanako Murakami, a professional figure skater from Nagoya, said, "The appearance of everyone trying to make their dreams come true will cheer us up. Is it something that Corona breaks your dreams? Let's do our best, "he sent a yell to the participants.
Next, Governor Omura of Aichi Prefecture declared the opening by saying, "I want you to show the best performance after thoroughly preventing the infection of the new coronavirus and deliver courage to the whole country."
This tournament is an unusual tournament, with all competitions being held without spectators and some local governments canceling participation as the infection of the new coronavirus spreads.
According to the people involved in the tournament, more than 1800 people from 43 prefectures nationwide were originally scheduled to participate, but as of the 27th, 8 prefectures for ice hockey, 2 prefectures for figure skating, and 5 prefectures for speed skating have stopped participating. In addition, there are prefectures that have indicated their intention to not participate in the short track starting on the 29th.
The Winter National Athletic Meet in Aichi and Gifu will be held until the 31st of this month.
Live distribution Concentrated access and unstable state
The National Sports Festival of Japan, which began on the 27th in Aichi and Gifu prefectures, was held without spectators due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, and all ceremonies and competitions were held on the Internet "National Sports Festival". It is delivered live.
However, according to the secretariat of the tournament, access was concentrated around 11:30 am when the figure skating competition started, so the distribution could not be seen and the video was distorted, and it was still unstable as of 6 pm it is continuing.
The secretariat is urgently responding by strengthening the server functions so that distribution can be seen smoothly after the 28th, and is preparing to distribute the recorded video in the future.