As one of the test events for the Tokyo Olympics marathon and racewalking, recruitment for participation in the 10-kilometer marathon for the general public, which will be held in Sapporo in May, will begin on the 9th.
The Tokyo Olympics marathon and racewalking will be held in Sapporo from August 5th to 8th, so as a test event, there will be a half marathon on May 5th, in which about 80 men and women from Japan and overseas will participate. A 10-kilometer marathon is scheduled to be held with the participation of approximately 2,500 ordinary citizens inside and outside Hokkaido.
On the 8th, a working-level meeting was held at the Sapporo City Hall to discuss the Games Organizing Committee, Hokkaido, and Sapporo City. Regarding the 10-kilometer marathon of the test events, the recruitment guidelines for participants and the spread of the new coronavirus infection at the time of the event Guidelines have been provided to prevent this.
According to them, from the 9th to the 15th of this month, we will start accepting participation through a dedicated page on the Internet, and by lottery, we will first limit 500 people to residents in Hokkaido, and then target those who have been rejected and residents outside Hokkaido. It means choosing 2000 people.
In addition, participants are obliged to enter their body temperature and interviews from one week before the tournament through the physical condition check app "Teresa", etc., and to avoid crowding on the day of the tournament, the distance between participants is 1 meter. It is clearly stated that the above will be vacant.
Yasuo Mori, Deputy Director of the Games Organizing Committee, said, "We will take measures to give people a sense of security, such as refraining from participating in areas where an emergency declaration has been issued at the time of the Games. We are also considering doing this with a slight time difference, and we would like to discuss it in detail and show details including measures for watching games along the road by the beginning of April. "