(ATR) Tokyo 2020 Olympic organizers will meet with IOC officials and Japan government representatives this week to review the venue plan for the Games.
The meeting of the four-party working group follows discussions about proposals to make venue changes during the Rio 2016 debrief and IOC Coordination Commission in the first week of December.
The representatives from Tokyo 2020, the IOC, Japan's national government and Tokyo Metropolitan Government agreed to keep many of the original venue plans and not move competitions outside of Tokyo while postponing a decision on the volleyball arena.
On Friday, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike confirmed a new arena for volleyball will be built in Tokyo rather than moving the competition to an existing facility in Yokohama. Koike also told reporters that the cost of construction will be $287 million, nearly $50 million cheaper than originally projected.
The four-party working group will review the budget on Dec. 21 while searching for even more ways to keep costs down for Tokyo 2020.
AIBA Holds Extraordinary Congress in Switzerland
The International Boxing Association (AIBA) will gather in Montreux, Switzerland this week to discuss recent changes to its judging and official standards.
The changes were approved by the AIBA executives on Dec. 7 and include electronic selection of judges, use of all five judge scorecards for each bout and delaying the announcement of each round’s score until the end of the bout.
These rule changes could be overshadowed by an ongoing controversy between AIBA president C.K. Wu and former AIBA staffer Ho Kim, each passing the blame for an Azerbaijani loan of $10 million given to help start the Americas franchise of the World Series of Boxing.
These issues could reach a tipping point during AIBA’s special congress on Dec. 20 in Montreux. National federations are gathering from Dec. 19-21 at the Fairmont Le Montreux Palace.
Golden 25 Countdown Begins
Which sport leaders and events will have the biggest impact on the Olympic Movement in 2017?
The 21st annual Golden 25 countdown by Around the Rings begins on Dec. 20 and will examine the thought-leaders, personalities and organizations projected to have the greatest influence on international sport.
While other end-of-year rankings look back, the Golden 25 looks ahead. The final ranking is the product of a matrix of information assembled by the experienced ATR staff and includes an informational summary for each listing.
Unmatched reporting and comprehensive analysis make ATR the most respected and dominating leader in news coverage of the Olympic Movement. With more than 20 years of Olympic experience, ATR is uniquely positioned to provide insight into the individuals and factors that will influence global sport in 2016.
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