Olympics a year away... who the heck picked Tokyo

Hmm....the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo were in mid-October. That would have made sense again.

In answer to your question "why Tokyo," well, you know, not that many cities bid for the Olympics anymore.

What The wrote:

Hmm....the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo were in mid-October. That would have made sense again.

In answer to your question "why Tokyo," well, you know, not that many cities bid for the Olympics anymore.

"mid-October"

"Summer Olympics"

Optimalist wrote:

Crazy how hot it has been in Japan every single summer, yet the IOC agreed Tokyo would be a good spot for the games? As if moving the marathon up an hour is going to solve everything.

https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/1-year-until-tokyo-how-might-weather-impact-the-2020-summer-olympics/70008879

They're not going to stick it in a dump just because they want a cool marathon.

Cities big enough to host that are not hot in the summer are pretty rare these days. Bad week to suggest it, but you'd be stuck with London every time if you wanted a reasonable guarantee.

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Not like it was ever in Atlanta or anything.

Atlanta was hot in regards to temperature, but the Tokyo is on another level with humidity

The heat will make or break the marathoners, and its going to be exciting to watch!

Is it humidity or air temperature that are most impactful for the marathon? I thought the Brojos wrote that it was humidity that trumped all, but this article says temp.

Which one is it?

globalbumb wrote:

Is it humidity or air temperature that are most impactful for the marathon? I thought the Brojos wrote that it was humidity that trumped all, but this article says temp.

Which one is it?

maybe its maybelline

The Olympics are only about maximizing income for the IOC, sponsors, and broadcasting companies. The performance of the athletes is a distant second, especially for events few people really care about like the marathon and other distance events. That's why few events are held at the ideal time of day or ideal location for the athletes. Otherwise, the summer Olympics held in the southern hemisphere (Rio and Sydney) would be in their summer: December, January, and February.

Seek suffering,

And what happens when the first Olympic athlete dies during competition? Seems like it might be a bit of a stain to the Games, regardless of the event

who the heck picked Tokyo?

Well, the JOC made a "consulting payment" to Black Tidings and Ian Tan Tong Han. Who is Black Tidings? The same company paid to launder funds to IAAF "consultant" Papa Massata Diack. So Tokyo was picked by IOC member (and IAAF president) Lamine Diack and his cronies on there.

The same scheme (without the same middleman) that ended up picking Qatar for the IAAF championships this fall. There Qatar just ending up paying a "consulting fee" to Padmodzi Sports Consulting, Papa Massata Diack's preferred laundering agent.

The same way Brazil got the 2016 Olympics.

Lamine Diack had already been previously sanctioned for accepting bribes in conjunction with the IOC bidding process.

So what you're saying is that we should just expect the big oil countries to win every bid for every event for the rest of time?

Tokyo may be the last city on Earth with enough resources to be able to put on the Olympics without leaving behind piles of debt and despair. After the economic disasters in Athens and Rio, the IOC is only going to put the games in the wealthiest cities from now on.

The Olympic marathon is no longer the event it used to be. The IOC is happy to make the marathoners take one for the team. Sprinters like warm weather. The only other big outdoor sport is soccer, which is not too badly affected by the heat. The rest of the big events are indoors.

Precious Roy wrote:

The only other big outdoor sport is soccer, which is not too badly affected by the heat.

Not too badly affected by the heat?

How hot is it going to be?

Irop wrote:

How hot is it going to be?

Marathon will be on Aug 2nd and 9th.

Temps in Tokyo in Aug average mid 70s to upper 80s.

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