China News Service, Beijing, May 10. According to Japanese media reports, the Tokyo Olympics track and field test event was held on the 9th at the Tokyo Olympics’ main venue, the New National Stadium.

Affected by the epidemic, the game was conducted without spectators.

　　It is understood that a total of 420 athletes participated in this competition, 9 athletes from overseas, including the 2004 Athens Olympic 100 meters champion Gatling, the athletes carried out a total of 33 competitions.

This is the second time that the new National Arena, the main venue of the Tokyo Olympics, has hosted track and field competitions since it was completed and opened at the end of 2019. The last competition was the 2020 Tokyo Gold Grand Prix held in August last year.

　　Due to the worsening of the epidemic in Japan, the Japanese government extended the state of emergency in many regions, including Tokyo, until the end of May, and popular support for the Olympics dropped.

According to the latest poll released by Japan's "Yomiuri Shimbun" on the 9th, 59% of the respondents wished to suspend the Tokyo Olympics, and 39% agreed to hold it.

　　Around the New National Stadium on the 9th, about 100 Japanese people staged demonstrations and other protests, demanding the cancellation of the Tokyo Olympics and the suspension of the Olympic test games.

　　The chairman of the World Athletics Federation Sebastien Koon came to the scene to watch the game.

He expressed his understanding of the sensitivity and anxiety of the people under the epidemic.

However, he also said that strict procedures have been formulated for epidemic prevention, and the public can feel at ease about the Tokyo Olympics.

　　Sebastian Ko said that the Tokyo Olympics will span geography and culture and will connect people from all over the world.

It is more meaningful to hold the Olympic Games under severe circumstances.

　　It is understood that Sebastian Ko is the leader of an international sports organization that has visited Japan the most and the longest since the outbreak.

Track and field is the number one event in the Olympic Games, and one in five athletes participate in track and field events.

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