FILE PHOTO: ISU Grand Prix of Determine Skating – NHK Trophy – Yoyogi Nationwide Stadium 1st Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan – November 13, 2021 Japan’s Kaori Sakamoto in motion throughout the Gala Exhibition REUTERS/Issei Kato
TOKYO–The Japan Skating Federation (JSF) mentioned on Thursday that determine skating’s Grand Prix ultimate, one of many key occasions main into the Winter Olympics, has been cancelled after the nation closed its borders to non-Japanese guests.
Japan took among the strictest steps globally by closing its borders to new overseas entrants for a few month in mild of the emergence of the brand new coronavirus variant, Omicron.
The Grand Prix ultimate, which was scheduled for the western metropolis of Osaka from Dec. 9-12, is seen as a key step on the street to the Winter Olympics, set for Feb. 4-20 in Beijing.
“In mild of the federal government suspending the admission of non-Japanese guests as introduced on Nov. 29, we’re having to cancel,” the JSF mentioned in an announcement.
Individuals Nathan Chen, Vincent Zhou and Jason Brown, and Russia’s Mikhail Kolyada have been all on the roster for the boys’s occasion, together with Japan’s Yuma Kagiyama and Shoma Uno.
The ladies’s singles have been set to be contested by Japan’s Kaori Sakamoto and 5 Russian skaters.
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