Tokyo’s 2020 Olympic Games – a “stress-free event”

Tokyo’s Olympics ‘win for Aussies’ BY:JACQUELIN MAGNAY IN BUENOS AIRES The Australian September 09, 2013 “………– Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had flown to Buenos Aires for the vote directly from the G20 summit to reassure members that the radiation impact at Fukushima nuclear reactor was negligible .

Speaking in English, Abe said: “Some have worries about Fukushima. Let me assure you the situation is under control. It has never done, and will not do, any damage to Tokyo.”……..

Coates said Tokyo won because it was the least troublesome option. “Tokyo won’t have the troubles they are having presently in Rio,” he said.When asked if Australian athletes would have fears about competing in Tokyo because of radiation, Coates was adamant it would not be an issue.

“No, if anyone would be worried about it, it would be the Japanese Prime Minister. He is the one who has given an iron-clad guarantee it won’t be a problem.”………

The decision to go with Tokyo was a clear message from the Olympic movement as it wrestles with construction delays in Rio for the 2016 Olympics and political anti-gay messages in Sochi, host of next year’s Winter Games, that they wanted a stress-free Olympics.

Turkey’s Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, failed to convince the IOC to take the Games to a country where the population is predominantly Muslim……. The civil war in neighbouring Syria was also a significant factor, even though the IOC likes to think it has a major influence on world affairs. …. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/tokyos-olympics-win-for-aussies/story-e6frg7mf-1226714842398