A team of women who were scheduled to participate in the Tokyo Paralympic Games goalball, a ball game for the visually impaired, declined to participate in the tournament, and the combination lottery scheduled for the 21st was postponed.
The team and the reason for the decline were not disclosed, but the Games Organizing Committee said, "It is not because of the spread of the new coronavirus."
Goalball is a competition in which three people in one team compete for points by rolling the ball alternately, relying on the sound of the ball with a bell.
At the Tokyo Paralympics, Japan has decided to participate in the host country frame,
▽ 10 teams from 10 countries for men
▽ 9 countries for women, and 10 teams from Russia who participate with individual qualifications will each participate. was.
However, according to the International Sports Federation and the Organizing Committee, one out of ten women's teams declined to participate in the Tokyo Paralympics.
For this reason, the combination lottery for men and women scheduled for the 21st has been postponed.
The team and why they declined to join were not disclosed, but the Organizing Committee said it was "not because of the spread of the new coronavirus."
The International Sports Federation and the Organizing Committee will soon announce the dates for the new draw.