The Organizing Committee of the Games has decided to hold an audience for the World Gymnastics and Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Kitakyushu next month.
The upper limit of the number of spectators will be considered in the future.
The World Gymnastics Championships will be held from 18th next month at the Municipal General Gymnasium in Yahatahigashi-ku, Kitakyushu, and the World Gymnastics Championships will be held from 27th next month at the West Japan General Exhibition Center New Building in Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu.
The Organizing Committee of the Games held an online meeting on the night of the 13th to discuss the treatment of spectators.
As a result, the number of people infected with the new coronavirus is decreasing in Kitakyushu City, and even if the tournament is held, the risk of straining the medical system is small, so we decided to hold the world championships with spectators for both gymnastics and rhythmic gymnastics. I did.
After that, we will consider the upper limit of the number of spectators in the future.
Daiki Hashimoto, who won the gold medal in the individual all-around and horizontal bar of each event of the Tokyo Olympics, and Kohei Uchimura, who was born in Kitakyushu, will participate in the world gymnastics championship.