IOC seeks to explain Olympic marathon move as Tokyo still hopes to retain race

The Tokyo 2020 organising committee is still hopeful that the marathon and race walking events at next year’s Olympic Games can take place in the Japanese capital, despite the International Olympic Committee maintaining that its decision to move the events to Sapporo is final.

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