IOC Tokyo Olympics schedule and venue will be taken over next year April 3 7:38
Regarding the Tokyo Olympics postponed in July next year, the IOC = International Olympic Committee will hold a marathon and walk in the last four days of the Games in Sapporo, indicating that it will continue the previous plan for the competition schedule and venue as it is for the next Games. , I was confident in the realization.
The IOC held a telephone-style conference on the 2nd, including the Olympic Chief of the Olympics, Christophe Duvi, General Manager of the Olympic Games, and Kit McConnell, Director of the Games.
The competition schedule for the Tokyo Olympics, which will be postponed by one year due to the spread of the new coronavirus worldwide and will open on July 23, next year, will be held in Sapporo in the last four days of the tournament, avoiding the intense heat of Tokyo. He stated that he would continue his existing plan, including the on-land marathon and racewalk, to the next year's competition.
He also said that negotiations had begun on all competition venues so that all venues could be used on the next year's schedule, and Duvi Olympic Director General said, "I am confident and in the right direction." Was shown.
On the other hand, with regard to the additional expenses related to postponement of the Games, he stated that "there are additional costs for both the Games Organizing Committee and the IOC," and then only stated that "the details are yet to come."