The Tokyo Organising committee of the Olympic as well as Paralympic games (Tokyo 2020) is currently holding delegations from six national Paralympic Committees (NPCs) at its very first NPC open Day event, taking location this week in the Japanese capital.
With only just under three years up until the Paralympic games open in Tokyo, the go to is aimed at showcasing the development made in preparations for the games as well as ensuring that the very best possible conditions will be made offered for the athletes.
Fourteen NPC members from Brazil, Italy, Japan, new Zealand, Spain as well as Sweden are participating in the three-day visit. They joined meetings with agents of a number of practical areas, including sport, lodging & transport, as well as explored lots of of the Games’ venues, including the site of the Paralympic Village, the Odaiba Marine Park (Triathlon) as well as the Makuhari Messe (Sitting Volleyball, wheelchair Fencing, Taekwondo, Goalball).
The level of rate of interest in the Paralympic games is already extremely high in Japan. Last week, around 3,000 people joined a “3 Years to go to the Paralympic games Tokyo 2020” event organised by the Tokyo 2020 Organising committee as well as the Tokyo Metropolitan government (TMG).
NPC as well as NOC gos to are of crucial value for Tokyo 2020, contributing as they do towards a constructive dialogue with the Olympic as well as Paralympic households as well as assisting them take a genuinely athletes-first technique in every element of preparations for the Games.
During the site visits, agents from the different NPCs commented positively on the preparations for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
NPCs at Paralympic Village
Alberto Costa, sports director of the Brazilian Paralympic Committee, commented:
My strongest perception from this go to is that preparations are proceeding ahead of schedule. one more extremely great perception is the people included in the preparations for the Games. They are truly proactive as well as quick with the organisation of Camiseta Borussia Monchengladbach the Games. It’s good.
Cesar Carlavilla Cubillo, chef de objective of Spanish national team for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, said:
We are so lucky since Tokyo 2020 will provide a fantastic Games. Not only since of what we have seen here, however likewise since of Japan’s as well as the Japanese people culture, the method of working, the background they have, so we are sure without question we will take pleasure in a extremely great Games.
Malcolm Humm, High performance director of Paralympics new Zealand, said:
It’s been interesting in terms of the progress, of the facilities that are being developed however likewise the existing facilities. For example, badminton as well as wheelchair rugby are going to be held in an extraordinary stadium (editor’s note: Yoyogi national Stadium) that was developed in the 1960s as well as it seems to be a world-class stadium still. From what we heard from the Committee, it seems they have got things well in hand as well as Camiseta Selección de fútbol de Estados Unidos they are truly available to comments also in terms of our learnings from previous Paralympic Games.
The next NPC open Day event will be Camiseta US Sassuolo held at around the exact same time next year.
Alberto Costa, Brazil NPC (Tokyo 2020 – Uta Mukuo)
Images, courtesy: Tokyo 2020 / Uta Mukuo
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