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Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games Marathon Course to be Finalized in Late May

On Mar. 23 the Tokyo 2020 Oympic and Paralympic Games organizing committee announced that the Olympic marathon and race walk courses will be formally finalized in late May. The committee had planned on a finalization of the courses within the 2017 fiscal year but were unable to achieve that target due to delays in the IAAF's official approval process.

The marathon will start and finish at the new Olympic stadium, taking in Asakusa, Ginza and other major sightseeing spots in central Tokyo along the way. The race walks will be held on the loop around the Imperial Palace. According to the organizing committee, there were delays in the IAAF's appointment of experts to survey the course after its initial selection of candidates, resulting in course inspection being bumped back from February to May. Organizing committee executive Koji Murofushi commented, "There are no particular problems with the courses."

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