Luo Dongmei said that missing the two Olympic points race will definitely not have any impact on Chinese judo athletes getting the qualification for the Tokyo Olympic Games, but the impact will not be too great “.
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 12 (reporter Li Jia) on the 12th, media revealed that the Chinese Judo team was unable to go to Europe to participate in the Olympic points race due to the “refusal. In response to this statement, Qu Dongmei, chairman of China Judo Association, said on the 12th that the Chinese Judo team would indeed miss the two-stop Olympic points race, but it was not because they were refused. The new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic will not have much impact on Chinese athletes to obtain the qualification of Tokyo Olympic Games.
Dong Mei said in an interview with Xinhua News Agency reporter: “We were not refused the visa, but the embassy and consulate delayed going to work because of the epidemic. We originally planned to send the visa after the Spring Festival holiday, but now because the embassy and consulate delayed going to work, unable to obtain a visa, so we will miss the two Olympic points race held in France and Germany in February.”
Yi Dongmei said that missing the two Olympic Games points race will definitely not have any impact on Chinese judo athletes getting the qualification for the Tokyo Olympic Games, but the impact will not be too great “.
“Because there are many stations in the Olympic points race, some points race have been carried out before. Some of our players have already ranked high and may not be surpassed.” Jiao Dongmei said, “In addition, we have already communicated with the international soft federation. The international soft federation understands and supports us very much and is applying to the International Olympic Committee to increase the number of Chinese players participating in the next points race as appropriate, for example, through a foreign card.”
She revealed that the Chinese Judo team will participate in the Olympic points race in March, April and May. At present, the team plans to go out of foreign training first, and participate directly abroad in the later stage to ensure that the Olympic points race behind will not be affected as much as possible.
Yi Dongmei also said: “The Chinese judo team has been concentrating on winter training in Beijing since the Spring Festival. During the epidemic, the training has been closed and they are ready to go out to compete at any time.”
The International soft federation issued a statement in early February, expressing its understanding that the Chinese team could not participate in the Olympic points race in February, and saying that “the whole judo family hopes that Chinese athletes can return to the World Judo Tour as soon as possible”.