Visiting Professor Seiko Hashimoto gave a lecture at the “Suwayama Festival / Asian Festival Joint University Festival” held on Sunday, November 2021, 11 (Kobe Yamate Campus).The theme is "Results and Challenges of the Tokyo Games". It was an hour filled with valuable stories about the Tokyo 14 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
In his lecture, he praised the high level of competence of the tournament management staff, and used the story of a volunteer who became a gold medal secret story for a Jamaican national team player, saying, "All the volunteers pursued something better on their own. It was wonderful to see each and every one of them put their hearts into them.”
He also analyzed the competition from the perspective of sports medicine and shared episodes of how he dealt with his own illnesses and injuries.Dr. Hashimoto, who has experience dealing with illness and injury and has experience participating in the Olympics, proposed that aiming for "healthy town development" will lead to true "well-being."Dr. Hashimoto said, "It is not impossible from the beginning, but thinking about how to prevent illness, reduce costs, and organize the distribution of budgets will lead to the creation of a true medical system. I learned this at the Tokyo Games." He delivered his thoughts to the audience, saying, "If this is realized, I can feel the significance of hosting the Games as chairman of the Organizing Committee."
Finally, he concluded his lecture with the words, "Sports are not just sports, they are connected to building a nation."
