NHK surveyed the competition groups that participated in the Games on the 23rd, which is one year since the opening of the Tokyo Olympics. It turned out that more than 70% did not feel the results.



In the background, it seems that the influence of the new corona and the fact that the tournament has become unattended, the sports world is facing major challenges after the Olympic Games held in its own country.

As it has been one year since the opening of the Tokyo Olympics, NHK conducted a questionnaire survey of 35 groups in 33 competitions held at the Games, and received responses from 34 groups.



When asked about the status of facility maintenance, 44% answered "improved", 56% answered "no change", and no answer was "worse".



The skateboarding parks that became popular in the wake of the Tokyo Olympics were created nationwide, and the results support the fact that the hardware has been improved in various competitions depending on the competition.



On the other hand, when asked about the expansion of the competitive population and the field, 21% answered "increased", while 56% answered "no change" and 18% answered "decreased", for a total of more than 70%. The answer was that I didn't feel the results.



Some of the reasons for this were "the lack of spectators has lost the place of appeal at the venue" and "although awareness has increased, it has not led to an increase in the competitive population."



In addition, there were several organizations that cited the inability to hold domestic competitions due to the influence of the new Corona as the reason why the competition population did not grow.



After the Olympic Games held in their own country, the sports world is facing a big challenge as to how to utilize the well-developed competition facilities and lead to the expansion of the competition population.

More than half of the Tokyo Olympics holding expenses are related to the competition venue

Of the 1,423.8 billion yen spent on the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, more than half of the expenses related to the venue, such as the maintenance of competition facilities, accounted for 864.9 billion yen.



The maintenance cost of permanent facilities that can be used after the tournament is 349.1 billion yen, the maintenance of the national stadium is 167 billion yen, Tokyo Aquatics Center and Uminomori Waterway, Ariake Arena, Canoe Slalom Center, Oi Hockey Stadium , Yumenoshima Park Archery Ground is 182.2 billion yen.



On the other hand, it cost 282.7 billion yen to implement and remove the temporary facility.



However, "Ariake Urban Sports Park" where BMX freestyle of skateboarding and bicycles was held was planned to be a temporary facility, but after the tournament, Tokyo was an urban sport at the request of the local Koto Ward. It will be maintained as a base for.

Skateboarding A chance to take root in competition

Skateboarding is the most noticeable urban sport newly adopted at the Tokyo Olympics.



In the questionnaire, the competition group said that "the maintenance of facilities has improved" and that the competition population has also "increased".

Yuto Horigome, a Japanese ace who won the gold medal on the men's street, is thinking of connecting the excitement at the Olympic Games to the spread of the competition.



Horigome, who is aiming to win the Paris Olympics for the second time in a row, skateboarded and interacted with elementary school students invited at an event held in Tokyo in June.

During the event, Horigome said, "I think I got to know the Olympics, so I want to do more exciting activities. I want to raise children and spread skateboarding to various people. I want to tell you. "



On top of that, about the Tokyo Olympics, "I think it was the day when skateboarding was first recognized. It still feels like a dream that I won, but at that time, I got to know that I can eat with just skateboarding. I think it was the moment. "



She wants Horigome to hold a school for children and popular events in the city in order to take root in skateboarding in Japan.

Faced with the challenge of spreading the BMX competitive population "unchanged"

On the other hand, even in the same urban sports, BMX bicycles are facing the challenge of widespread use.



The Japan Cycling Federation, a competition organization, said in a questionnaire that "the maintenance of facilities has improved", but that the competition population has not changed.



Many of the facilities where BMX can be done are used in combination with skateboarding, and of these, the facility in Chiba City, which opened in April, is visited by about 150 people on weekends.



According to the facility, 90% are skateboard users and BMX is less than 10%, which is a big difference.

Mr. Tomoji Deguchi, Chairman of the BMX Subcommittee of the Japan Cycling Federation, expressed a sense of crisis, saying, "It is a mistake that people will come if you build a facility, and in the past there were some that were closed without people gathering."



Therefore, the federation is proposing to the installers of facilities such as local governments that when constructing a new facility, a leader will be assigned to hold a school for beginners and a place for interaction with top players will be provided. increase.



We would like to gradually increase the competition population and establish it by enhancing such software aspects.



Mr. Deguchi said, "Maybe it's late, but I think we have to improve the software side while responding to the need to build a facility at a rapid pace. We will increase the number of local riders at that facility. I want to. "

Hockey Aiming to popularize by utilizing new competition facilities

Hockey did not get a lot of attention at the Tokyo Olympics, but we are making efforts to popularize it by utilizing the newly built competition facilities.



The Oi Hockey Stadium, which straddles Shinagawa Ward and Ota Ward, is a stadium built by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government for about 4.8 billion yen for the Tokyo Games, and when 75,000 people visit this facility annually to play hockey. It is expected.



The Japan Hockey Association considers this number of users to be the lowest line due to the bitter experience of handing over facilities to other competitions due to the decrease in users in the past.



The home stadium "Yodoko Sakura Stadium" of soccer J1 Cerezo Osaka in Osaka City was once an artificial turf facility, and an international tournament was held as a hockey game venue, but the number of users did not increase and Cerezo Osaka's With the promotion to J1, it was renovated to a natural turf facility in 2010.



Based on this lesson, the Japan Hockey Association will be led by Mr. Yuki Sakamoto, who has been cooperating with local governments and Japanese national team players for four years, and will provide a place for hockey experience at school and interaction with residents. We have been making efforts to get the community to know about hockey as much as possible.



In addition, we are planning an event to watch the World Cup games and having the athletes who participated in the Tokyo Olympics as Shinagawa Ward staff to promote hockey.



Of these, Sakiyo Asano, who was the representative of the Tokyo Olympics for hockey girls, said, "The environment for getting to know hockey is very good, so I will do my best to make it more popular."



As the sport has taken root in the community, signs of an expansion in the sporting population are beginning to appear.



There were 1080 applicants for the hands-on classroom held this month, and 150 people participated by lottery.



Yamato Ikeda, a fifth grader who lives near the stadium, had never touched hockey equipment, but he was interested in hockey and experienced it after seeing the red and white match of the Japanese national team held at this stadium. I decided to join the classroom.



Ikeda-kun said, "It's amazing that the place where the Olympics were held is nearby, and I want to come back again."



The Japan Hockey Association will continue to use the stadium to hold competitions and events on a regular basis, which will lead to the spread of the competition. "There is no future for Japanese hockey", so it is best for associations, athletes, and people involved to take good care of this stadium. I think that the children who participated in the experience class will be the seeds of Olympians. I have. "