Marathon Organizing Committee Chairman Mori “Can you say I ’m bad?” October 17th 18:29
As a measure against the heat of the Tokyo Olympics, the IOC = International Olympic Committee announced that the marathon and racewalk will be moved to Sapporo. "I want to do this, and international competition groups say it's a good idea. Can we say that is no good?"
“The Tokyo Metropolitan Government does not agree with the IOC,” he said. “The Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Japan Athletics Federation must take care of the organizing committee,” he said. The coordinating committee showed the prospect of a direction.
In addition, regarding the course when moving to Sapporo, IOC also made clear that they had heard from the IOC that they would make the Sapporo Dome the starting point.