Tokyo Olympic delay leaves Sapporo pondering role, 2030 winter bid

The postponement of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics has complicated Sapporo's marathon and race walk hosting plans while raising concerns over the impact on the northern Japan city's potential 2030 Winter Games bid."We will probably need to explain" the postponement to local people affected by the decision, said a Tokyo Games organizing committee official."We were beginning to see the end of preparations that had to be completed in half a year, shorter than the three years that Tokyo had," the official said.The International Olympic Committee last October abruptly decided to move the mar…READ FULL ARTICLE