A test tournament for the Tokyo Olympics bicycle BMX and freestyle park, which had been postponed due to the spread of the new coronavirus, was held, but the afternoon final was canceled due to rain and reaffirmed the difficulty of running outdoor competitions. It was a tournament to be held.

BMX Freestyle Park, a new event of the Tokyo Olympics, will compete on a small competition bicycle in a scoring format for the difficulty and perfection of acrobatic techniques.



The test tournament to confirm operational issues at the Tokyo tournament was originally scheduled for two days from April 24, but it was postponed due to the spread of infection and was held today at Ariake Urban Sports Park.



Domestic athletes, excluding the Olympic athletes, participated in the competition, and the athletes participated after undergoing two PCR tests until the actual performance and confirming a negative result.



At the venue, infection prevention measures were confirmed, such as dividing the flow lines so that athletes would not interact with the general public, and requiring athletes to wear masks and thoroughly disinfect their fingers with alcohol until warming up.



In the morning, nine men and women each performed a seeding run to decide the run order of the final in the afternoon and showed their skills on the actual course of the tournament, but in the afternoon the rain became stronger and the tournament was interrupted for about 2 hours. ..



About 20 staff members at the venue used mops to expel the water that had accumulated on the course, and searched for the timing to restart it four times, but the final was finally canceled and it was difficult to run the competition outdoors. The result was to recognize it again.



Daichi Teshigawara, who participated in the tournament, said, "I had two inspections before the tournament, and the flow lines of the players did not overlap with the general public at the venue, so I felt that I could feel relieved about corona measures. There are some difficult obstacles in the actual course, so I would like Japanese athletes to show a powerful run. "

Tournament Management Bureau "BMX has become a model case that is vulnerable to rain"

After the BMX Freestyle Park test tournament, Yasuo Mori, Deputy Director of the Organizing Committee Tournament Management Bureau, said, "BMX is vulnerable to rain, such as slipperiness when the course gets wet. I'm glad I was able to check it unexpectedly. It became a model case. "



In the actual tournament, if the final cannot be held due to bad weather, it will not be postponed and the ranking will be decided by the seeding run.