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The President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, said he did not remember a host city as well prepared as Tokyo, just over 600 days before the start of the 2020 Summer Games.
The German went on Wednesday to the offices of organizers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, congratulating the hosts for their willingness to host the summer show.
"We are already seeing, two years before the Olympic Games, that all the ingredients necessary for the success of the Olympic Games are in place," said Bach, who will travel to Tokyo to attend an IOC Executive Board meeting that will begin on Friday. .
"We are really impressed by the progress made in the preparations we have had here.
"I can not remember an Olympic city as well and as advanced two years before the Games as Tokyo 2020."
Bach's words are sure to warm the hearts of the organizers of the Games, who overcame many initial fears to prepare for the competition, which will begin on July 24, 2020.
In 2015, Tokyo 2020 dropped the initial logo of the Games because of plagiarism allegations. The original design of a new Olympic stadium has also been changed due to huge costs.
However, since the announcement of budget cuts of $ 300 million in December 2017, organizers of Tokyo 2020 have enjoyed relatively easy driving.
Tokyo's ability to host record-breaking hot summer games, with a record 41.1 degrees Celsius in July this year, remains a cause for concern.
With average summer temperatures above 30 degrees Celsius in the Japanese capital since 1998, according to the Japanese Meteorological Agency, the organizers have sought solutions.
In reality, few hard policies were announced and the men's and women's marathons remain uncertain as to the starting time, but Bach was not worried.
"The measures are in preparation and the cooperation with the organizing committee is closer," he added. "We have set up a special working group of medical specialists and medical specialists who propose measures."
Bach is due to deliver a speech on the second day of the General Assembly of the National Committees Association on Thursday.
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