Steve Wilson knows a thing or two about the Olympics, having covered more than a dozen of them during his 37-year career with The Associated Press, and says he expects the 2020 Tokyo Games to be "fantastic."
Known in journalism circles as "Mr. Olympics," Wilson, 59, shared his insights in an interview with Kyodo News before leaving AP to take the post of director of communications with the International Tennis Federation in January.
He noted that some of the setbacks Tokyo has been experiencing were unexpected, likely alluding to ballooning cost estimates and considerations of possible venue changes that took place over the past few months to try to cut expenditures.