IIn 2013 then IOC president Jacques Rogge announced the winner of the bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games following the vote in Buenos Aires.
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IIn 2013 then IOC president Jacques Rogge announced the winner of the bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games following the vote in Buenos Aires.
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Tokyo joined the ranks of multiple host cities, having staged the sporting showpiece in 1964. Here former Olympic athletes Hiromi Miyake (C) and Yoshiyuki Miyake (R) cheer the announcement back in Japan.
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Tokyo joined the ranks of multiple host cities, having staged the sporting showpiece in 1964. Here former Olympic athletes Hiromi Miyake (C) and Yoshiyuki Miyake (R) cheer the announcement back in Japan.
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Octogenarian "Olympic superfan" Naotoshi Yamada (L) and former Japanese tennis player Shuzo Matsuoka (R) were among those to cheer the announcement in the early hours in Tokyo.
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Octogenarian "Olympic superfan" Naotoshi Yamada (L) and former Japanese tennis player Shuzo Matsuoka (R) were among those to cheer the announcement in the early hours in Tokyo.
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took time out from the G20 meeting in Russia to lead Japan's presentation, downplaying fears over radiation leakage at the Fukushima nuclear plant.
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took time out from the G20 meeting in Russia to lead Japan's presentation, downplaying fears over radiation leakage at the Fukushima nuclear plant.
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Abe is congratulated by IOC president Jacques Rogge (left) who was standing down after 12 years in the role. The 71-year-old was succeeded by Thomas Bach.
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Abe is congratulated by IOC president Jacques Rogge (left) who was standing down after 12 years in the role. The 71-year-old was succeeded by Thomas Bach.
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Istanbul had hopes of winning the right to host the Summer Games for the first time after beating Madrid in the first round of voting to force a runoff with Tokyo. However, it then lost 60-36 in the decider.
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Istanbul had hopes of winning the right to host the Summer Games for the first time after beating Madrid in the first round of voting to force a runoff with Tokyo. However, it then lost 60-36 in the decider.
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Spain's Prince Felipe, president of the Madrid 2020 bid committee Alejandro Blanco and IOC executive committee member Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr. had hoped it would be third time lucky for the city's chances.
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Spain's Prince Felipe, president of the Madrid 2020 bid committee Alejandro Blanco and IOC executive committee member Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr. had hoped it would be third time lucky for the city's chances.
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But Madrid lost 49-45 to the Turkish city in the first round runoff after a 26-26 tie in the initial vote, which Tokyo won with 42.
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But Madrid lost 49-45 to the Turkish city in the first round runoff after a 26-26 tie in the initial vote, which Tokyo won with 42.
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