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September 19th, 2013 06:50 PM #1Tokyo to host 2020 Olympic Games - CNN.comTokyo has been chosen by the International Olympic Committee to host the 2020 Summer Games.
In voting Saturday in Buenos Aires, the committee picked Tokyo over the two other contenders, Madrid and Istanbul.
The announcement came at 5:20 a.m. Tokyo time, but a large crowd watching on an outdoor video screen burst into cheers.
Tokyo previously hosted the Summer Games in 1964.
Japan's bid for 2020 billed the city as the safe choice -- despite radiation leaking from the Fukushima nuclear plant. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe personally made a presentation to the committee and promised an effective cleanup.
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"I am so happy, I am overjoyed," Abe told reporters at the post-announcement press conference.
"I would like to share this joy with the people back home. We've received so much support from the people of the IOC and I would also like to express my support to them. And to the people around the world.
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Olympics: Tokyo man to lose home to make way for stadium - again | Sports | GMA News OnlineTOKYO - Kohei Jinno fans out the black and white photos of his family posing proudly in front of their central Tokyo home, a house they were forced to leave ahead of the 1964 Olympic Games to make way for construction of the main stadium.
Now Jinno, 79, has to move again.
The public housing complex where he and his wife live, close to the stadium and the site of his former home - currently a parking lot - is slated to be destroyed as part of construction of a new stadium for the 2020 Summer Olympics, which Tokyo won the right to host again earlier this month.
"Fate has not been kind to me. It may be great fortune for the nation, but having to leave this place fills me with sadness," he told Reuters.
"I just feel that had it not been for the Olympics, my life would have been so different."
The current National Olympic Stadium, which holds an almost iconic place in Japanese hearts for being the site of the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1964 Games, when Japan became the first Asian nation to host the Olympics, is set to be demolished in 2014 to make way for newer facilities.
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"I wish they wouldn't have the Olympics in Tokyo again," he said. "I can bear getting evicted if it's just the once in a lifetime. But twice? It's ridiculous."
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September 19th, 2013 11:41 PM #3
Welcome to the Neo-Tokyo games.
New events:
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February 26th, 2020 02:52 PM #4Tokyo Olympic Games could be cancelled if coronavirus not controlled, IOC member says | Sport | The Guardian
A senior member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said outright cancellation of the Games, rather than postponement or relocation, would be likely if the disease proved too dangerous for the event – which is scheduled to start on 24 July – to go ahead.
Dick Pound, a former Canadian swimming champion who has been on the IOC since 1978, estimated there is a three-month window – perhaps a two-month one – to decide the fate of the Tokyo Games, meaning a decision could be put off until late May.
“In and around that time, I’d say folks are going to have to ask: ‘Is this under sufficient control that we can be confident about going to Tokyo or not?’” Pound told Associated Press.
As the Games draw near, he said, “A lot of things have to start happening. You’ve got to start ramping up your security, your food, the Olympic Village, the hotels. The media folks will be in there, building their studios.”
If the IOC decides the games cannot go forward as scheduled in Tokyo, “you’re probably looking at a cancellation”, he said.
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March 6th, 2020 04:55 PM #5Tokyo Olympics hold test event without fans, top athletes | Inquirer Sports
Closed off competition.... No audience allowed.Last edited by Monseratto; March 6th, 2020 at 06:38 PM.
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March 6th, 2020 09:29 PM #6They should just postpone it if possible.
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March 6th, 2020 10:41 PM #7Postpone na nila dahil pag sumali mga chinese athletes mahahawaan pa lalo lahat.
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March 7th, 2020 10:18 AM #9Banned nga chinese eh. So wala silang mapapadang athletes. Originally Posted by dr. d
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March 7th, 2020 10:23 AM #10allow them, provided they wear masks. Originally Posted by shadow
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we just want them banned, so's someones else can take the gold...
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