Non-competitive athletic events

from Nodal point of thought 2023-01-31 Non-competitive athletic events

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  • Although such “Equality Athletic Meet” started in Kansai in the 1970s, it did not take root at that time (*1: Hiroshi Shimada, “To Think about ‘Athletic Meet without Competition’ II” (Konan Women’s University Research Bulletin No. 41, Human Sciences, 2005)).

  • Later, in 1996, NHK’s “Close-Up Today” aired a program titled “Sports Day without Competition: The Ripples of Education Reform without Rankings.

  • It is believed that “non-competitive athletic meets” gradually spread and took root after the era when this program was aired.

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