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ICU receives a letter of gratitude for offering its archery range for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games

Update: November 26, 2021

From left, ICU President Shoichiro Iwakiri, Visiting Associate Professor Takahashi, and Mitaka Mayor Takashi KawamuraFrom left, ICU President Shoichiro Iwakiri, Visiting Associate Professor Takahashi, and Mitaka Mayor Takashi Kawamura

On Wednesday, November 24, ICU received a letter of gratitude from Mitaka City for its service as part of the Host Town Initiatives for Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

During the Olympic and Paralympic Games, ICU offered its archery range as a pre-Games training camp venue for the athletes representing Chile, for which Mitaka City was serving as the host town. While the previously planned active exchange between the athletes and the students and local residents could not happen given the severe COVID-19 situation, the university strived to improve the environment of the archery range led by Visiting Associate Professor Shin Takahashi.

The Minister for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games presented the letter of gratitude, delivered personally by the Mitaka City Mayor who visited ICU, in recognition of this support.

Mariana Elena Adelina Zúñiga Varela, 19, who practiced at ICU in the pre-Games camp and was ranked 39th in the world before the Games, achieved a solid result by winning the silver medal.

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