Organizing Committee Chairman Hashimoto "Understanding the sense of incongruity" By providing vaccines to Olympic athletes

Regarding the prospect that athletes participating in the Tokyo Games will be able to receive the vaccine for the new corona virus, Chairman Hashimoto of the Organizing Committee said, "We will strive to prepare for a safe and secure competition without assuming vaccination. However, if many athletes and stakeholders can be vaccinated, we can move forward toward a safer and more secure competition. "

On the other hand, "I think that if the target of priority vaccination in Japan is affected, it will put pressure on athletes. Many people feel uncomfortable when the vaccine is not provided or vaccinated. I understand that there are people, "he said, saying that it is a prerequisite to inoculate the Japanese athletes so that they do not affect the tight medical practice.

Yukiko Inui "Follow the instructions of the Swimming Federation and the JOC"

Yukiko Inui, the captain of the Japanese representative for artistic swimming, said that the IOC has announced that it will be provided with a new coronavirus vaccine for athletes participating in the Tokyo Games. "I don't know because I haven't heard the details," he said. "I personally have a virus, so I want to inoculate it to protect myself."

On the other hand, head coach Masayo Imura said, "I really want to receive it as soon as possible before the Olympics. I know that there is an opinion that the Olympics should not be done, but I think that the vaccine has made a big step forward." I was talking.

Karate Mayumi Someya "I have no intention of hitting myself"

Regarding the announcement that the IOC will be provided with a new coronavirus vaccine for athletes participating in the Tokyo Games, Mayumi Someya, who is sure to be the representative of the Tokyo Olympics karate and women's kumite, said, "Honestly, I have no intention of vaccination myself, but if that is the rule, I will obey it, "he said.

When asked about the reason, he said, "I don't have to worry about the voice of the world, and I don't have to take the risk."

Paraboat Tomomi Ichikawa "People who work first"

Tomomi Ichikawa, who was appointed as the representative of the Tokyo Paralympics and women's single sculls in the Asian and Oceania continental qualifying for boats held on the 7th, will provide a new coronavirus vaccine for athletes participating in the Tokyo Games by the IOC. Regarding the announcement that he was supposed to receive it, he said, "Because I am a player, I think it is better to hit people who are working in their 20s and 30s instead of hitting them first. However, they come from overseas. I think it's strange to say that it's strange that Japanese players are hitting while people are hitting, "he said.