Bach praises preparations for 2020 Tokyo Olympics

The President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, said that he no longer remembered the city that had hosted the Olympics and who had prepared, as well as the Japanese capital, Tokyo , just over 600 days before the start of the 2020 Summer Games.

Bach held Wednesday at the headquarters of the Organizing Committee of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and Games for Special Needs and congratulated the host city for its preparations for the organization of the Olympic Games. d & # 39; summer.

"We are already seeing, two years before the start of the Olympic Games, that all elements of Olympic success are available," said Bach, who arrived in Tokyo for the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Executive Council meeting on Friday. We are very pleased with the progress made in the preparations we have seen here. I do not remember that all the cities that have hosted the Olympic Games have been as good and have reached such an advanced stage two years before the Games, as in Tokyo 2020. "

Bach's words have certainly excited the organizers of the Olympic Games, who have already overcome a number of problems in order to put the preparations in perspective before the start of the session on July 24, 2020.

In 2015, tournament organizers dropped the session logo due to plagiarism allegations and the new Olympic stadium was changed due to high costs. However, since the announcement of a budget cut of $ 300 million in December 2017, organizers of Tokyo 2020 have not suffered much. Difficult policies were announced and uncertainties were expressed about the dates of the men's and women's marathons. Do not seem worried.

"All the procedures have been prepared and there is close cooperation with the organizing committee, we have a special working group working with the medical staff and the medical scientists," he said. They propose measures. "