For the Tokyo Paralympic Games, which will start on the 24th of this month, work is underway to change the equipment from the Olympic Games to the Paralympic Games at the competition venue, and installation work of artificial turf is underway at the Aomi Urban Sports Park in Tokyo, which will be the venue for blind soccer. Has been done.
At the Tokyo Paralympics, which will start on the 24th of this month, 22 competitions and 539 events will be held at 21 venues that were also used for the Olympic Games.
Immediately after the Olympic Games are over, work is underway at each venue to convert equipment to match the Paralympic Games.
Of these, Aomi Urban Sports Park, where basketball 3x3 and sports climbing were held at the Olympic Games, will be the venue for blind soccer at the Paralympics, and the competition will begin on the 29th of this month.
Part of the work was opened to the public on the 20th, and workers spread out artificial turf sheets 4 meters wide and 20 meters long and spread them on the field.
In addition, the tournament mascot character Someity also rushed to help with the work.
Mika Yanagisawa, General Manager of the Games Organizing Committee, said, "Although it is a completely different competition from the Olympic Games, we are converting by leaving as much equipment as possible. I want to proceed with preparations. "