Tokyo to host Olympics 2020! The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has named Tokyo as the host city for the 2020 Olympic Games, seeing the Japanese capital chosen over Istanbul and Madrid after two rounds of voting during the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires. Tokyo received 60 votes to Istanbul’s 36 in the final round, with Madrid having been eliminated in the first round after losing a tie-breaker with Istanbul. Tokyo, which also bid for the 2016 Olympic Games, previously hosted the Games in 1964. “Congratulations to the city of Tokyo on its election as host of the 2020 Olympic Games,” IOC president Jacques Rogge said. “Tokyo presented a very strong technical bid from the outset – and it needed to in competition with two such high-calibre bids from Istanbul and Madrid. All three cities were capable of staging excellent Games in 2020, but in the end it was Tokyo’s bid that resonated the most with the IOC membership, inviting us to “discover tomorrow” by delivering a well-organised and safe Games that will reinforce the Olympic values while demonstrating the benefits of sport to a new generation.”
Posted on: Sun, 08 Sep 2013 12:18:44 +0000