Prague won’t be bidding for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. According to the Voice of Russia, city officials said the decision was made for economic reasons.
Due to the financial crisis two years ago Prague decided not to bid for the 2016 Summer Games, and Tuesday it was finally decided to disband the entire Olympic bid committee.
Meanwhile Japanese Olympic officials expect to know within weeks if Tokyo will bid for the 2020 Summer Games.
Tsunekazu Takeda, Japan Olympic Committee President, told The Associated Press, “we expect a decision will be in late June or early July. Tokyo had a great plan for 2016, and has excellent financing”.
Takeda said a bid by Tokyo for the 2020 Games could go a long way in helping Japan rebuild from the devastating earthquake and tsunami in March.
While saying he would support a bid, Takeda said the decision about bidding ultimately wrests with the Tokyo metropolitan government.
Tokyo governor Shintaro Ishihara has said he hopes his city will bid again. Tokyo metropolitan government officials said Ishihara was expressing a personal view, and that a decision for another bid would require approval by the city assembly.
