With this summer's Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 approaching, athletes and teams from overseas visited Japan to participate in four test events: the International Volleyball Games - Tokyo Challenge 2021, the FINA Diving World Cup 2021, the Hokkaido – Sapporo Marathon Festival 2021 and READY STEADY TOKYO - Athletics.
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Germany s Katharina Steinruck will run in the Sapporo Marathon Festival on Wednesday. | REUTERS
KYODO May 3, 2021
Six overseas athletes who have booked their spots in this summer’s Tokyo Olympic marathon will take part in the half-marathon race of the upcoming Sapporo Marathon Festival, the event’s organizers said Sunday.
Bart van Nunen of the Netherlands will run in the men’s race while Germany’s Katharina Steinruck will take part in the women’s event. They are among the six already in Sapporo to run in Wednesday’s Tokyo Olympic test event.
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Test events for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee have revised the dates for the test events for the Games, with the majority now taking place between March and May 2021.
The revised calendar includes
test events for over 18 disciplines that will be represented at the main Olympics in Japan in 2021, which will take place at the venues to be used for the Games, including the revamped Tokyo Olympics stadium.
The content of the previously scheduled test events will be examined and reviewed with the collaboration of the International Federations and the recommendations of the 2020 Olympic Agenda to reduce costs and enhance efficiency, with