On the 24th of the second day of the Tokyo Olympics, the final of the men's bicycle road race is held, but along the roadside of Tama City, Tokyo, which is the course, although it is called for refraining from watching the game along the roadside, the competition Many people are visiting to see at a glance.
"I want to see it once in a lifetime" "It's annoying to actually come"
The men's individual road race for bicycles starts at "Musashinonomori Park" in Fuchu City, Tokyo, and ends at the finish of "Fuji Speedway" in Shizuoka Prefecture, mainly on public roads in 1 metropolitan area and 3 prefectures.
In response to the spread of the new coronavirus, the organizing committee of the Games is calling for refraining from watching sports on public roads such as bicycles and marathons.
However, along the roadside near Tama Higashi Park in Tama City, which is part of the course, many people gathered before the start at 11:00 am, and the distance between the visitors became quite close.
A man in his 50s who visited said, "I was hit by a ticket, but I wasn't able to see the audience, so I came to see it at a glance. There is. "
In addition, a woman in her twenties who was visiting with her family said, "I came to see my house in my neighborhood. It's a local Olympics that is said to be once in a lifetime, so I have a desire to see it." ..
At competitions where infection control of the new corona is the most important issue, such as leaving no spectators at most competition venues, the difficulty of responding to how to thoroughly refrain from watching games along the road became clear again. It is a shape.
Cheering with 250 pots of flowers "Thinking about what you can do"
In Sagamihara City, in order to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, it is called for refraining from watching games along the road, but the local residents are trying to express their support and welcome on the national highway. From the 22nd, 250 flower planters were lined up along the road.
On the 24th, when the competition was held, nearly 10 residents gathered from the morning to water the flowers so that they would not wilt in the strong sunlight, and were preparing to welcome the athletes passing by in the afternoon. ..
Hidehiko Sugimoto, who participated in the watering, said, "I think it should be a big cheer from the roadside, but we can't do it because of the corona virus, so we will do our best to make the players run comfortably. I thought about what I could do with it. I would like to watch the race quietly from a distance. "