Sapporo was formally approved on Friday as host of the marathon events at next y...
TOKYO - Sapporo was formally approved on Friday as host of the marathon events at next year’s Summer Olympics with the reluctant consent of Tokyo’s governor, ending a showdown between the Japanese capital and the IOC over where to stage the flagship event.
The announcement enraged Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, who said at the beginning of discussions with the IOC on Wednesday that she still wanted the marathon and race walk events to remain in the capital. “But on these points to make the Olympics a success we need to build a positive framework going forward,” Koike said.She added that they had agreed Tokyo would not bear extra costs of the venue move but they still disagreed on other points that needed to be worked out.
“We thought it would be possible to do something, but our opponent was nature,” said Tokyo 2020 organizing committee President Yoshiro Mori, adding that he respected Koike’s “difficult decision.”
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