Japan opts to skip Senior World Championships
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by Japan Wrestling Federation
Japan will not send a team to the World Championships scheduled for December in Belgrade, citing safety for the wrestlers amid the global pandemic, the Japan Wrestling Federation announced on Oct. 30.
The federation noted the surge in coronavirus infections in Europe and the fact that the arena that will serve as the venue for the World Championships in the Serbian capital is currently being used as a makeshift hospital for covid-19 patients.
Japan, which won three gold medals and nine overall at the 2019 World Championships in Nur-Sultan, joins the United States in announcing it would skip this year’s tournament.
Japan, where coronavirus infections continue to spread but have been largely contained through nationwide adherence to countermeasures such as mask wearing, earlier this month resumed national-level competitions for the first time since February.
With the global calendar turned upside down by the pandemic, the World Championships were rescheduled for Dec. 12-20 in Belgrade. Unfortunately, that overlapped with the set dates of Dec. 17-20 for the All-Japan Championships. Most top wrestlers indicated that they would have opted to participate in the World Championships; now, that choice has been eliminated.
Homepage image courtesy of Japan Wrestling Federation Facebook.
The federation noted the surge in coronavirus infections in Europe and the fact that the arena that will serve as the venue for the World Championships in the Serbian capital is currently being used as a makeshift hospital for covid-19 patients.
Japan, which won three gold medals and nine overall at the 2019 World Championships in Nur-Sultan, joins the United States in announcing it would skip this year’s tournament.
Japan, where coronavirus infections continue to spread but have been largely contained through nationwide adherence to countermeasures such as mask wearing, earlier this month resumed national-level competitions for the first time since February.
With the global calendar turned upside down by the pandemic, the World Championships were rescheduled for Dec. 12-20 in Belgrade. Unfortunately, that overlapped with the set dates of Dec. 17-20 for the All-Japan Championships. Most top wrestlers indicated that they would have opted to participate in the World Championships; now, that choice has been eliminated.
Homepage image courtesy of Japan Wrestling Federation Facebook.
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