The opening ceremony of the Tokyo Paralympics will be held from 8 pm on the 24th, and the 13-day tournament will begin.

We will update the movement on the 24th of the first day of the tournament from time to time.

The relay in Tokyo ends (around 14:00)

The Tokyo Paralympic torch was held at the arrival ceremony after the relay in Tokyo.

The final runners of the torch relay were Goro Inagaki, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, and Shingo Katori.

(* Nagi is "bow" and "scissors")

Children watching Edogawa Ward decided to cancel participation

Tokyo Edogawa Ward, where children who wished to participate in watching children with school cooperation watching tickets, decided to cancel participation on the 24th due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, and parents through the school I found out that I notified.

Tournament Organizing Committee Thinking about thorough measures by watching children

Regarding children's watching games with school cooperation watching tickets held at the Tokyo Paralympics, the Games Organizing Committee will separate the flow lines when visiting and divide the audience seats for each school in order to prevent infection with the new coronavirus. We reiterated the idea of ​​thorough measures.

Land wheelchair Ito could not participate in a leading medal event

Tomoya Ito, the Japanese national team for the land wheelchair class, was judged to be a different class from the conventional one in the disability classification that was held just before the tournament, and it was found that he could not participate in the event where the medal was regarded as promising.

The number of participants is the highest ever

The Tokyo Paralympics will be attended by a total of 4403 athletes from 161 countries and regions, as well as the refugee team, the highest number of participants ever.

There are 2550 male players and 1853 female players, for a total of 4403.

New corona positive reaction to 10 new people

On the 24th, the Games Organizing Committee announced that 10 people had newly tested positive for the new corona in connection with the Tokyo Paralympics.

Torch relay last day start (11: 00 ~)

The Paralympic torch relay is the last day.

The ignition ceremony has begun at the Central Space of Central Space in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo.