Following the closing of the Tokyo Paralympics on the 5th, overseas media have conveyed various perspectives.
Of these, the French AFP news agency, which will hold the Paris Games in 2024, said, "It was a unique event, as it was postponed for one year due to a pandemic and suffered from low public support even during the preparation period. I looked back.
On the other hand, he positively said, "When I actually started, I didn't disappoint. A record-breaking performance that overturned stereotypes unfolded and said a colorful farewell."
In addition, the Associated Press of the United States said about the entire Tokyo Games, including the Olympic Games, "Tickets could not be sold due to unattended events, and the organizer seems to have suffered a loss of about 800 million dollars, but the government supplemented it with additional funds. We have to, and the sponsors have contributed more than $ 3 billion to the operating budget, but with little reward, "he said.
In addition, the British public broadcaster BBC posted a column on its website of a former Paralympic athlete who was visiting Tokyo as a member of the interview team.
"We couldn't know how the tournament was accepted by the Japanese people because access to the city was restricted to prevent infection and we didn't see the spectators."
After that, he recalls, "I thought the non-audience was lonely, but every day became commonplace by repeating the same thing."
Regarding infection control measures, he wrote, "I couldn't imagine it before I arrived, but I measured my body temperature every day and prepared a certificate, and I felt that it was safe and protected all the time I was in Tokyo." increase.