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IOC inspectors 'hugely impressed' by Tokyo bid

Tokyo's bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics enjoys "strong" government, business and public support, IOC vice president Craig Reedie said on Thursday at the end of a four-day inspection tour.

Craig Reedie, chief of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) evaluation commission answers questions during a press conference in Tokyo on March 7, 2013. Tokyo's bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics enjoys "strong" government, business and public support, IOC vice president Craig Reedie said at the end of a four-day inspection tour.

"We have been hugely impressed by the quality of bid presentations by the bid committee. Across the board, it has been excellent in every way," the former head of the British Olympic Association told a news conference.

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