Press Release | National Sport Federations Assemble for TOKYO 2016, Now Ready to Move into a New Phase of Bidding Process
Tokyo, 4 April 2008 - Ahead of the ANOC General Assembly in Beijing, TOKYO 2016, Japan’s Bid to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games, today took a big step forward by gaining the strong support of the national sport federations and leveraging an opportunity to strengthen further TOKYO 2016’s plan.
The conference held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government gathered officials from Olympic and Paralympic sport federations together with Governor of Tokyo and TOKYO 2016 President, Shintaro Ishihara, JOC Sports Committee Chairman, Tomiaki Fukuda, and TOKYO 2016 Chairman and CEO, Dr Ichiro Kono. They were able to discuss in detail the bid process schedule, TOKYO 2016’s plan and the role each federation will play.
Dr Ichiro Kono, Chairman and CEO of TOKYO 2016 said: “Hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2016 is the longtime dream of all national sport federations and we work as one team. This process of learning and listening to ideas from the federations who have extensive experience of hosting major international sporting events and who are also closest to our top athletes, is extremely important in preparing the best Games plan possible. We are sure TOKYO 2016 would benefit all sports and the Olympic movement. The step we took today together with the national sport federations, as well as the upcoming ANOC conference, will definitely be key milestones in the bidding process.”
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For further information, please contact:
Tetsuo Nakayama (Mr), Chief Director, International Communications, TOKYO 2016 Olympic Games Bid Committee
Masa Takaya (Mr), Manager, International Communications, TOKYO 2016 Olympic Games Bid Committee
+81-3-5320-2480, masanori.takaya@tokyo2016.or.jp
Tags: ANOC General Assembly, Olympic-Games, Paralympic Games, Shintaro Ishihara, Tokyo 2016, Tokyo 2016 Olympic BidRelated Stories
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