Discover the Tokyo 2020 Sports programme here. This will add to the Games youth and urban appeal.

The above shot is the last we've seen of Federer at the Olympics, with an injury sidelining him from the 2016 Summer Games in Rio. Sports of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The change will come into effect for the 2020 Games in Tokyo.

All Rights Reserved. The Olympic mascot is called Miraitowa, which is derived from the Japanese words mirai (future) and towa (eternity). Kenin’s underrated tactical artistry sends her to another major final, Iga Swiatek's Roland Garros is conjuring thoughts of great champions, The Rally: Thoughts on muted Roland Garros as we approach business end, Roland Garros final preview & pick: Sofia Kenin vs. Iga Swiatek, 10 Things to Know, Day 14: Kenin now 5-0 from QFs on at majors, Swiatek takes first loss of Paris fortnight in doubles semifinal. Japan has been an Olympic land since the Summer Games of 1964, which were the first to be staged in Asia.

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In 2021, the country will host its fourth Games, if we include the Winter Games of 1972 in Sapporo and of 1998 in Nagano.

The Olympic torch for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 incorporates several elements of Japanese culture, and reinforces Tokyo 2020’s Olympic Torch Relay concept: “Hope lights our way”.

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On September 7, 2013, the International Olympic Committee awarded the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in 2020 to Tokyo, which was chosen over fellow Candidate Cities Istanbul and Madrid after two rounds of voting during the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires.

Sponsored contents planned and edited by JT Media Enterprise Division. In addition to the 28 sports on the Olympic Programme, five additional sports have been added at the request of the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee: Baseball/Softball, Karate, Skateboarding, Sport climbing and Surfing. Aligning with the reforms advocated by Olympic Agenda 2020, the Tokyo Games will use as many existing competition venues as possible, namely those built for the Games in 1964, such as the prestigious Nippon Budokkan for judo, the Baji Koen Park for equestrian events, and the Yoyogi National Gymnasium for handball. A specially assigned selection panel had the difficult task of whittling down more than 400 entries before settling on the ideas presented by Junichi Kawanishi, Director of the Japan Sign Design Association and the Osaka Design Society./p>.

Another change sees men's and women's doubles matches decided by a match tie-break to 10 points in the third set. Read about our approach to external linking. The men's final being played over three sets brings it in line with the other singles matches at the Games, while the men's and women's doubles will follow the same format as the mixed. According to the organisers of the event in 2021, the Games of the XXXII Olympiad of the modern era will be “the most innovative ever organised, and will rest on three fundamental principles to transform the world: striving for your personal best (achieving your personal best); accepting one another (unity in diversity); and passing on a legacy for the future (connecting to tomorrow)”. The 2008 Olympics in Beijing was a mixed bag for Federer.

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