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Hiroshima-Nagasaki 2020 joint bid rejected
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December 26, 2009, Saturday
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A PROPOSAL by Hiroshima and Nagasaki to table a joint bid for the 2020 Olympics has been rejected by the Japanese Olympic Committee.
The mayors of both cities were informed of the decision by Japanese Olympic boss Tsunekazu Takeda and advised to consider individual bids.
"JOC president Takeda conveyed to them we must uphold the Olympic charter so co-hosting is not possible," the JOC's Olympic cooperation director Yasuhiro Nakamori said yesterday. "It's possible Hiroshima could make a solo bid. The city staged the 1994 Asian Games. But it would be a bit difficult for Nagasaki to stage such a big international event."
Takeda held talks with the mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki -- the only cities to have suffered a nuclear attack -- in Tokyo earlier yesterday and refused to rule either venue out.
"Hiroshima and Nagasaki both have a very good chance of staging an Olympics on their own," Takeda told reporters.
Tokyo, which lost out to Rio de Janeiro in October's International Olympic Committee vote for the 2016 Games, is also in contention to become Japan's 2020 bid city.
The identity of Japan's bid city for the 2020 Summer Games could remain a mystery until 2011, Nakamori said.
"The IOC told us there was no need to rush a decision," Nakamori said. "They also suggested that if an African candidate emerged for 2020 they would be very strong contenders."
The mayors of both cities were informed of the decision by Japanese Olympic boss Tsunekazu Takeda and advised to consider individual bids.
"JOC president Takeda conveyed to them we must uphold the Olympic charter so co-hosting is not possible," the JOC's Olympic cooperation director Yasuhiro Nakamori said yesterday. "It's possible Hiroshima could make a solo bid. The city staged the 1994 Asian Games. But it would be a bit difficult for Nagasaki to stage such a big international event."
Takeda held talks with the mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki -- the only cities to have suffered a nuclear attack -- in Tokyo earlier yesterday and refused to rule either venue out.
"Hiroshima and Nagasaki both have a very good chance of staging an Olympics on their own," Takeda told reporters.
Tokyo, which lost out to Rio de Janeiro in October's International Olympic Committee vote for the 2016 Games, is also in contention to become Japan's 2020 bid city.
The identity of Japan's bid city for the 2020 Summer Games could remain a mystery until 2011, Nakamori said.
"The IOC told us there was no need to rush a decision," Nakamori said. "They also suggested that if an African candidate emerged for 2020 they would be very strong contenders."
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