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IOC visit puts spotlight on 2020 venues, budget

All for 2020: (From left) IOC Executive director for the Olympic Games Gilbert Felli, IOC vice president John Coates, Tokyo 2020 Olympic Committee president Yoshiro Mori, Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshio Muto, and JOC president Tsunekazu Takeda pose for pictures at a news conference on Friday. | AFP-JIJI

All for 2020: (From left) IOC Executive director for the Olympic Games Gilbert Felli, IOC vice president John Coates, Tokyo 2020 Olympic Committee president Yoshiro Mori, Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshio Muto, and JOC president Tsunekazu Takeda pose for pictures at a news conference on Friday. | AFP-JIJI

By Ed Odeven
Staff writer

Jun 28, 2014

It's no shocking revelation that the IOC's planning revolves around lots of meetings.

Case in point: preparation for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

This week marked the first of 10 scheduled IOC Coordination Commission visits to Tokyo before the 2020 Summer Games.