Before the opening of the Tokyo Olympics, a track and field representative from the Republic of Cyprus, who is holding a preliminary training camp in Shimotsuke City, Tochigi Prefecture, has released the practice.
The team of the Republic of Cyprus arrived in Tochigi Prefecture from the 14th to the early morning of the 15th, and eight people including athletics and cycling athletes and coaches entered the pre-camp in Shimotsuke City.
Of these, two athletics athletes began practicing immediately at the Omatsuyama Sports Park Athletics Stadium on the morning of the 15th.
In practice, Apostolos Parellis, who was 8th in the men's discus throw at the last Rio de Janeiro Olympics, and Milan Trajkovic, who was 7th in the men's 110-meter hurdles, were exercising by stretching.
The practice was open to the public only to the citizens of Shimono, and the visitors were quietly observing from the bleachers on the 2nd floor, which kept a sufficient distance from the players.
A 71-year-old man who visited said, "I hope you can watch the activities of the local athletes at the Olympics on TV. If the viewers are careful and watch, I think we can have a good exchange." I did.
"We think that measures against corona are the most important, and we ask athletes, staff, and volunteers to undergo a PCR test every day. We support athletes in the best conditions." I want to do it. "