(Tokyo = Yonhap News) Correspondent Park Se-jin = The Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch departing event, which will be held in the context of a novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19), is expected to be held without the general audience.
The tournament organizer is scheduled to hold a torch relay departure event at the’J Village’, a soccer facility in Fukushima Prefecture, on the 25th.
According to the Yomiuri Shimbun on the 9th, the event organizers decided to hold this event without spectators to prevent corona 19 infection.
The torch of the Tokyo Olympics was lit on March 12 last year at the temple of Hera in Olympia, Greece, the birthplace of the ancient Olympics.
Seonghwa, which arrived at the Air Self-Defense Force base in Miyagi Prefecture on March 20 last year on a special transport flight jointly operated by the two major Japanese airlines, departed J Village 6 days later, and for 121 days, 47 prefectures across Japan (wide area). I was going to go on a tour of the group).
However, as a decision was made to postpone the Olympics for one year, the Bongsong was also stopped before departure.
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Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch in a lantern. [교도=연합뉴스 자료사진]
Before the decision to postpone the Olympics, the event organizers prepared a commemorative event for departure as a large-scale event with 3,000 spectators in attendance, with the Prime Minister, the representative of the Japanese government, and the governor of Tokyo, representing the host city.
In addition, it was planned to promote the Tokyo Olympics as a’Revival Olympics’ domestically and internationally, utilizing the symbolism of the J Village, where the countermeasure headquarters was established in the early days of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant accident following the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, such as performing traditional arts with local children’s choir.
However, considering the fact that the Corona 19 situation has not yet ended, the organizing committee decided to drastically reduce the related events of this departing ceremony and limit the attendees to the officials of the event without attracting the general audience.
The Tokyo Olympic torch, which is attended by about 10,000 runners for 121 days, is expected to be moved to the torch of the main stadium, the national stadium, at the opening ceremony on July 23 after traveling all over Japan.
The organizing committee is planning to ensure that local residents can watch while paying attention to the prevention of Corona 19 infection, such as maintaining gaps and wearing masks during the nationwide delivery process.
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2021/03/09 12:30 sent