国立競技場で完成イベント　カズ、ボルト氏ら花添える

　２０２０年東京五輪・パラリンピックのメイン会場として１１月に完成した国立競技場で２１日、オープニングイベントが開催された。約６万人の観客が見守る中、サッカー元日本代表の三浦知良（横浜Ｃ）、ラグビー・ワールドカップ日本代表のリーチマイケル（東芝）らがピッチに足を踏み入れた。
　イベントには陸上男子１００、２００メートルの世界記録を持つウサイン・ボルト氏（ジャマイカ）、桐生祥秀（日本生命）らも登場。パラリンピック選手との混合チームでリレーを行い、新たなスタジアムの誕生に花を添えた。

　国立競技場では来年１月にサッカーの天皇杯決勝、ラグビーの全国大学選手権決勝が行われる。（2019/12/21-22:23）

An event was held on Saturday to mark the completion of Japan's new National Stadium, the main arena for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, bringing together about 60,000 visitors, as well as star athletes and other special guests.
   The event at the stadium, completed in November, started with the "Tohoku kizuna matsuri" (Tohoku bond festival), highlighting progress in reconstruction in the northeastern Japan region damaged by the March 2011 powerful earthquake and tsunami.
   Among the special guests were Japanese soccer legend Kazuyoshi Miura, Michael Leitch, who captained Japan's national team in the 2019 Rugby World Cup, held in the Asian country, former Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, who holds the men's 100- and 200-meter world records, and Japanese sprinter Yoshihide Kiryu. The athletes held a relay, joined by Paralympians.
   From the music world, popular Japanese band Dreams Come True and male pop group Arashi, male duo Yuzu and others took part in the event, boosting the cheerful mood.
   "The new stadium looks like Camp Nou," a housewife from Tokyo, who came to the event with her two family members, said, citing the home stadium of Spanish professional soccer club FC Barcelona. She said she won a ticket for basketball in the 2020 Olympics.