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IOC selects Tokyo as host of 2020 Summer Olympic Games.<\/p>\n
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today awarded the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in 2020 to Tokyo, which was chosen over fellow Candidate Cities Istanbul and Madrid after two rounds of voting during the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires.<\/p>\n
Tokyo received 60 votes to Istanbul\u2019s 36 in the final round, with Madrid having been eliminated in the first round after losing a tie-breaker with Istanbul. Tokyo, which also bid for the 2016 Olympic Games, previously hosted the Games in 1964.<\/p>\n
\u201cCongratulations to the city of Tokyo on its election as host of the 2020 Olympic Games,\u201d said IOC President Jacques Rogge, whose 12-year term in office comes to an end on 10 September. \u201cTokyo presented a very strong technical bid from the outset \u2013 and it needed to in competition with two such high-calibre bids from Istanbul and Madrid. All three cities were capable of staging excellent Games in 2020, but in the end it was Tokyo\u2019s bid that resonated the most with the IOC membership, inviting us to \u201cdiscover tomorrow\u201d by delivering a well-organised and safe Games that will reinforce the Olympic values while demonstrating the benefits of sport to a new generation.\u201d<\/p>\n
The signing of the Host City Contract and press conference with the 2020 host city is scheduled to take place from 18:30 today, local time.<\/p>\n
RESULTS:<\/p>\n
Round 1
\nTokyo: 42
\nIstanbul: 26
\nMadrid: 26<\/p>\n
Round 1 tie-breaker
\nIstanbul: 49
\nMadrid: 45<\/p>\n
Round 2
\nTokyo: 60
\nIstanbul: 36<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
IOC selects Tokyo as host of 2020 Summer Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today awarded the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in 2020 to Tokyo, which was chosen over fellow Candidate Cities Istanbul and Madrid after two rounds of voting during the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires. Tokyo received 60 votes to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12063,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[106,19],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12061","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-world-news"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n