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By STEPHEN WILSON LONDON©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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3RENSHO
"How far by bicycle?"
140.5 kilometres to Shuzenji, so it would take all day, depending on your average speed... but certainly NOT recommended due to heavy traffic.
ThonTaddeo
Let me offer a dissenting view: Izu is going to be a lot more picturesque than the overhyped artificial islands Tokyo Bay that seemingly every politician and television producer seems to worship.
I'd rather watch (and ride through, if I were a competitor) the greenery and clean breezes of the Izu area over what they had been planning. And there are plenty of fans in Kanagawa who will have an easier time getting there to see things. Let them spread things out a little -- the population of the Tokyo area is certainly spread out. This way the Chiba people will get to see things, the Saitamans will, and the Kanagawans will. Works for me.
theeastisred
How far by bicycle?
jerseyboy
Wow. Hardly the "compact" Games Abe and the JOC promised the IOC. Nice "bait and switch".
In other words, the JOC said "take it or leave it", and the UCI is doing the best it can to make the best of a piss poor situation. I mean who the heck is going to invest four hours -- two hours each way -- to go see these events? Certainly not casual fans. Which is a real shame, since I have seen track cycling in person at the Olympics, and it is very exciting. And, mountain biking and BMX are two of the sports that appeal to a younger fan base.
Alex Einz
Ridiculous...
Scrote
A classic bait and switch operation by the Japanese. Promise a "compact" games with a futuristic roofed stadium, deliver a games spread out all over Japan with a main stadium almost exactly like the one from the 1960s they just demolished.
sanjigen
Since they are changing the logo, mind as well rename the Olympics to Kanto Olympics.
Aly Rustom
How embarrassing for Japan. What happens if they're not ready?
Moonraker
At what point does the original Olympic bid become such a lie that it is invalidated?