A section of insulation material fell from the ceiling of Nagoya Kinjo Futo Arena, the official venue for squash competition at September's Nagoya Asian Games. There were no injuries, but the city suspended use of the arena until its safety could be guaranteed, resulting in the cancelation of the Asian Games squash test event which was scheduled to have begun on May 14. It is not yet clear whether the arena will be usable for the Asian Games as planned. According to city officials, arena staff found that the insulation material had fallen onto a work walkway 13 m above the ground on the night of May 11. The fallen material was 3.6 m long, 50 cm wide and 2.5 km thick, and was found to be waterlogged. The cause of the accident is unknown, but it is possible that it was caused by rainwater leaking in from the roof. The same insulation material is installed across the entire ceiling, and the city plans to check for the extent of the possible flooding. Asked whether the arena will be re...
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First Seira Fuwa gets injured early in the year and misses the World Champs, then Mao Ichiyama and Hitomi Niiya contract COVID just prior to their world championship race and now the 'in form' Honami Maeda contracts COVID too. It's hard to believe! I can just hope all the athletes mentioned recover fully and can be at their best in the very near future. I was so looking forward to watching Honami Maeda in this race. I'm gutted. I can only imagine how she must be feeling.