Japan’s plan promises inspiration, celebration
Lausanne, 7 January 2013 – Tokyo 2020 today moved another step closer to its goal of delivering a dynamic celebration in the heart of Japan’s capital by submitting its complete Candidature File to the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne, Switzerland. The Tokyo 2020 delegation was headlined by living football legendOlympian Homare Sawa and Paralympic champion in Swimming Takayuki Suzuki. The Candidature File details Tokyo 2020’s unique plan for hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games, and explains how the Games will help reinforce and renew the Olympic Values for a new generation.
The Tokyo 2020 delegation in Lausanne consisted of Masato Mizuno, Tokyo 2020 CEO and Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) Vice President; Katsura Enyo, Senior Director for Planning of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Bid Promotion Division, Bureau of Sports; Yasuhiro Nakamori, Tokyo 2020 Executive Board Member. Additionally, two Tokyo 2020 Bid Ambassadors joined the delegation: Homare Sawa, the FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year in 2011 and a key player on Japan’s silver-medal football team at London 2012; and Takayuki Suzuki, three-time swimming Paralympian and London 2012 Games 50m backstroke bronze medallist. The delegation officially delivered the Candidature File to the IOC at 09h00 GMT on 7 January.
Tsunekazu Takeda, IOC Member and President of both the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) and Tokyo 2020, said: “With tremendous support from people in Tokyo and across Japan, we have celebrated a memorable milestone today with the submission of our
Candidature File. Based on lessons from our bid for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, we have retained the best of that bid plan while adding important new strengths. Now that our Candidature File is complete, Tokyo is one step closer to implementing an
innovative and inspiring Games plan. The Games in 2020 in Tokyo will offer athletes, spectators and Olympic and Paralympic Family members a true once-in-a-lifetime experience.”
Tokyo 2020 will reveal highlights of its Candidature File at a press conference in Tokyo on 8 January, and a press conference in London on 10 January.
For further inquiries
(Mr) Masa Takaya
Communications Manager, Japanese Olympic Committee
Acting Communications Director, Tokyo 2020 Bid Committee
(Ms) Nao Miyawaki
Head of International Communications, Tokyo 2020 Bid Committee
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Manager, International Communications, Tokyo 2020 Bid Committee
Phone: 81-3-6279-0049 / Fax: 81-3-6279-0157 / pressoffice@tokyo2020.jp
About Tokyo 2020 Bid Committee
The Tokyo 2020 Bid Committee is the organisation driving Tokyo’s second consecutive bid for the right to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2020. The city of Tokyo, Japan’s vibrant capital and Candidate City for the Games of the XXXII Olympiad, launched the united body on 15 Sept. 2011. Spearheaded by IOC Member and Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) President Tsunekazu Takeda as Tokyo 2020 President, its Executive Board is composed of Olympians, Paralympians, and members from various organisations including the national government, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, the JOC and the Japan Paralympic Committee (JPC). JOC Vice President Masato Mizuno is in charge of the running of day-to-day affairs at the bid’s head office as Chief Executive Officer of Tokyo 2020. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will elect the 2020 host city at the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 7 Sept. 2013.