A joint opening ceremony will be held for the XNUMXth Tokyo Metropolitan Sports Festival for the Disabled!
<First online simultaneous event>

November 2022, 4

We will jointly hold the opening ceremonies of the "Tokyo Citizens' Athletic Meet" and the "Tokyo Sports Meet for the Disabled," two of Tokyo's largest sports tournaments.

This joint opening ceremony has been held every year since 24 with the aim of deepening mutual understanding and creating opportunities for people to socialize regardless of the presence or absence of disabilities. (Canceled to prevent the spread of viral infections).

Please note that from the perspective of preventing the spread of the new coronavirus infection, we will not be recruiting general viewers.The venue will be streamed online so anyone can view it.

XNUMX Overview of the joint opening ceremony

(XNUMX) Sponsored by

Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Tokyo Sports Association, Tokyo Sports Association for the Disabled

(XNUMX) Venue

Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Main Arena (17-1-XNUMX Sendagaya, Shibuya-ku)

(XNUMX) Event date and time

May XNUMX, XNUMX (Sunday) XNUMX:XNUMX-XNUMX:XNUMX (scheduled)

(XNUMX) Participants

Participants scheduled to participate in the XNUMXth Tokyo Metropolitan Sports Festival and the XNUMXrd Tokyo Sports Festival for the Disabled
(This time, from the perspective of preventing the spread of the new coronavirus infection, representatives from district athletes will be participating.)

(XNUMX) Main contents

<Overview>
Joint opening ceremony (ceremony): XNUMX:XNUMX~
　■Entrance of the athletes
　■Introduction and greetings from the organizer
　■Guest introduction/congratulatory speech
　■ Return of championship cup
　■Player oath
Radio exercise: XNUMX:XNUMXam~
Exchange program: XNUMX:XNUMXam~
　■Table tennis demonstration/talk/interaction project
　　(Olympian Jun Mizutani)
　■Blind running demonstration/talk/interaction project
　　(Paralympic Chiaki Takada, guide runner and caller Seiichi Omori)
Finishing: XNUMX:XNUMX

<Moderator/Guest>
General moderator:　Shinsuke KasaiKasai ShinsukeMr. (Freelance announcer)

The guests:　Jun MizutaniJun Mizutani Mr. (Tokyo 2020 Olympic table tennis representative from Japan gold medalist)
Chiaki TakadaChiaki Takada Mr. (Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Athletics Representative from Japan)
Seiichi OmoriOmori Shigekazu Mr. (Chiaki Takada guide runner and caller)

(XNUMX) Online distribution

Archive video distribution has ended

XNUMX Others

  1. There is no need to pre-register to watch online streaming.
  2. After the ceremony, and before Radio Calisthenics, the Tokyo Metropolitan Sports Association Award (Lifetime Sports Meritorious Person, Lifetime Sports Excellence Organization) and the Tokyo Disabled Sports Association Award (Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games Medalist) were presented.Daiki MoriiMorii Taikiplayer·Daiki KawayokiKawayoke Taikiplayers).
  3. The contents may change in consideration of the situation such as the spread of the new coronavirus infection.In that case, please refer to the Sports TOKYO Information HP (https://www.sports-tokyo-info.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/) will be notified.

【inquiry】

(General matters related to the joint opening ceremony and the Metropolitan Athletic Meet)
　　Sports Division, Sports Promotion Department, Lifestyle Culture and Sports Bureau
　　Telephone: XNUMX-XNUMX-XNUMX (direct)

(Regarding the Tokyo Sports Tournament for the Disabled)
　　Lifestyle Culture and Sports Bureau Sports Promotion Department Parasports Division
　　Telephone: XNUMX-XNUMX-XNUMX (direct)

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