The Tokyo 2016 Bid Committee and the NationalInstitute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya (NIFS) announced aprogramme of collaboration to enhance Japan’s sports educationsystem and deliver the incredible legacy of a Tokyo Games. This willsee the Bid Committee work with the Institute – renowned fordeveloping top-class athletes and coaches – on initiatives for theongoing benefit of the Olympic Movement.
Theagreements key elements are in the areas of research and education.Formal studies on Olympic and Paralympic bidding processes will beconducted utilising the practical experience of Tokyo 2016 and theacademic strengths of NIFS. Students at the Institute will also haveopportunities to undertake internships with the Tokyo 2016 BidCommittee.
Foundedin Kanoya, Kagoshima Prefecture in 1981, the NIFS has producedchampions such as Ai Shibata, who took freestyle swimming gold atAthens 2004 and in the process became the first female Japaneseswimmer to do so. Shibata, who is also a Tokyo 2016 AthleteAmbassador, has since returned to the NIFS and is currently asecond-year student in its Graduate School of Physical Education.
AiShibata said: “Ihave great confidence both the Institute and the Bid, which will helpus to set the stage for heroes before, during and after Tokyo 2016. Iknow all Japanese will join me in welcoming the NIFS’s support andcontinuing their incredible support for the Bid. Bringing the OlympicGames to Tokyo in 2016 would greatly advance Japanese sport, as wellas inspire our country’s future leaders.”
DrIchiro Kono, Chair and CEO of Tokyo 2016, said: “TheTokyo 2016 Bid Committee is delighted by this partnership with aleading institute of higher education and sport studies. We share abelief that sport can advance society, and look forward to helpingthe development of top-class athletes and sport-industry leaders forthe benefit of Japan and the entire Olympic Movement.
“Weare committed to uniting people of all ages with sport and healthyliving, such as by having NIFS students join Tokyo 2016 forinternships in our Bid Committee offices. This will help us to ensurethe incredible legacy of the most compact and sustainable Olympic andParalympic Games in history.”
Theagreement marks Tokyo’s third partnership with an academicinstitution, following collaborations with Senshu University andRyutsu Keizai University.
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