(Latest Sports stories)Building on the success of the Olympic Games Rio 2016 and an internationally acclaimed handover ceremony, Tokyo 2020 showcased over the last two days how its state of the art facilities will offer a unique Olympic and Paralympic experience to the world's best athletes in 2020. The Coordination Commission also heard about the proposed venues for the sports of baseball/softball, karate, skateboard, sports climbing and surfing, which were included on the Tokyo 2020 programme following a proposal by the Tokyo organisers in response to the new opportunity provided by Olympic Agenda 2020. "We are very pleased with the significant progress that has been achieved since the last visit of the Coordination Commission to Tokyo," said the Chair of the Coordination Commission, John Coates. The coming year will be another important sporting one for Tokyo 2020. The final list of events on the Olympic sports programme of the 2020 Games is then due to be agreed upon by the IOC in summer 2017.

Source: India Today December 02, 2016 15:32 UTC