Tokyo 2020 submitted its applicant file for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Monday.
The file outlined the improved technical proposals, which the bid committee says reaffirms Tokyo’s total commitment to the Olympic Movement, to promote the Olympic values and encourage international sport exchange and cooperation among people all over the world.
Tsunekazu Takeda, Tokyo 2020 President and Japanese Olympic Committee President, said, “the Tokyo 2020 bid committee, together with the Japanese people, is truly honoured and excited to submit our nation’s Application File for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. We have learned valuable lessons from our previous bid, which are evident in these improved technical plans. We look forward to unveiling them publicly soon.
“We are confident in the strength of our proposals and our potential to secure the honour, first of becoming a Candidate City, and ultimately the greatest honour of playing host to the 2020 Games”.
Doha 2020 began its journey to IOC headquarters on Sunday at a send-off event at Doha International Airport. The Doha 2020 delegation was led by His Excellency Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, General Secretary of the Qatar Olympic Committee and Doha 2020 Vice Chairman. It is to arrive in Lausanne Monday.
H.E. Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani called it “an exciting milestone for Doha’s ambition to bring the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games to the Middle East for the first time. A great deal of work has gone into our Applicant File and I would like to thank the entire Doha 2020 team for their huge efforts in getting us to this point. We will be delivering our Applicant File to IOC Headquarters tomorrow (Monday) and then making its contents public later this month for all to see”.
Meanwhile Baku is to submit its bid book to the IOC on Tuesday. The delegation will be headed by Azerbaijani Youth and Sport Minister Azad Rahimov.
Konul Nurullayeva, Executive Director of the Organizational Committee on holding the Olympic Games in Baku said, “while making the bid book we took into account our previous experience, attracted additional experts. That enabled to strengthen our strong sides and improve the weak sides. The bid book also contains the plan of infrastructure development for holding the Olympic Games. I hope that we will be successful in final selection tour in Quebec in May and Baku will become the city for holding Olympic Games 2020”.
