Sapporo withdrew the demand for carrying out Winter Olympic Games 2030

The president Olympic komitet Japan Yasukhiro Yamasita reported that together with the authorities of Sapporo the decision to refuse the demand for holding Winter Olympic Games 2030 was made. The city the Mayor Sapporo Akimoto Katsukhiro can nominate on October 11 the candidate to carrying out Games of 2034 met Yasukhiro Yamasita to Tokyo to confirm this decision. It is noted that refusal is connected with low support of an initiative to hold one more Games in the country at locals after corruption scandal over the demand of Tokyo-2020. Polls of Information company "Kyodo News" News showed that about 60 percent local...