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JAPAN 2020: ONE YEAR TO GO

Introducing a new Olympic sport..

Gold silver or bronze, ALL

the medals will actually be

made out of old mobiles,

laptops and tablets in the

most expensive summer

games EVER costing £10bn

From TONY BANKS in Tokyo

WHEN they watch the

athletes climb the podium

in Tokyo next summer, the

locals will truly feel a part

of the moment.

In fact, it is likely many of

them will have been involved.

Because all the medals at

the 2020 Olympics and Para-

lympics are being made out of

waste electronic material.

So far, 78,000 tons of mobile

phones, laptops and iPads,

have been recycled into gold,

silver and bronze medals.

To d a y, To ky o w i l l m a r k a

year to the official start of the

Games of the XXXII Olympiad,

the city’s second summer

Olympics after 1964.

Remarkably, six of those

venues from 55 years ago,

including the sailing and

equestrian arenas, are still in

excellent condition and will

be used again next summer.

But, in other ways, the 2020

Olympics will be very different

indeed.

The 1964 games cost

£225million to stage – next

summer’s will cost around

£10billion.

But with it also

comes a new belief of

what the arrival of the

Games will mean to

the future of sport in

the country.

“Right now

more Japanese

companies are

interested in

investing in

sports,” said

Takeyuki Oya,

general manager of

the international de-

partment of the J

League, Japan’s top

football division. “Pre-

viously, sport was like PE –

something you do in

school. When you

graduated from school,

you wouldn’t do any more.

“But now sport is more

cultural and rooted in

community and the

government and

companies are

becoming more

aggressive in their

approach to sport.

“Hopefully,

after the

O l y m p i c s ,

their passion

for sport will

remain and

the J League is

one of those

sports they want

to invest in.”

The first wave

of ticket sales in

Japan itself,

which took the form of a lot-

tery, resulted in record sales so

far of 3.22m.

There will even be robots

involved – some to help

disabled people around the

stadia, some to help with

loading, some acting as

greeters or giving virtual tours.

There is building work

everywhere, especially near

the waterfront, where the new

Olympic Village is being built,

which will eventually hold

17,000 athletes and guests.

At Tokyo 2020, there will be

339 different sporting events.

And a new national stadium

is being constructed with a

capacity of more than 60,000

to stage the opening and

closing ceremonies, as well as

track and field athletics.

Tokyo is aready a busy city

• it is steeling itself to become
  even busier.

RECYCLING

BRITAIN won four gold

medals in the 1964

Tokyo Olympics – all in

track and field.

Lynn “The Leap”

Davies won the men’s

long jump, Mary Rand

the women’s long jump,

Ann Packer the 800m

in a world record 2:01.1

and Ken Matthews, who

died last month aged

84, won the 20km walk.

Britain also won 12

silvers and two bronzes.

One of the biggest

stories was Ethiopian

Abebe Bikila, who

retained his marathon

title to become the first

Olympian to win it

twice. While gold in

the heavyweight

boxing division

was won by a

certain Joe

Frazier (right).

TOKYO 1964: FOUR BRITISH GOLDS

AND THE FIVE

REAL NEW

OLYMPIC

SPORTS ARE...

BY RICHARD LEWIS

FIVE “new” sports have been

approved for Tokyo 2020 –

with sport climbing one of

the most fascinating.

The culture of rock

climbing is big in Japan and,

in a year’s time, this will

involve bouldering, lead and

speed combined for men and

women, with a total of 40

athletes taking part.

As the official Tokyo 2020

website explains: “Speed

climbing pits two climbers

against each other, climbing

a fixed route on a 15-metre

wall. In bouldering, climbers

scale fixed routes on a 4m

wall. In lead climbing,

athletes attempt to climb as

high as possible on a wall

measuring over 15m within a

fixed time. Each climber will

compete in three disciplines.”

Last seen at Beijing in

2008, baseball and sister

sport softball are

reinstated, while

skateboarding, karate

and surfing will make

their Games debuts.

RESULTS &

FIXTURES

WINNER But Djokovic’s

father slammed SW19 fans

NOVAK DJOKOVIC’s father

has slammed the behaviour

of Wimbledon fans as ‘ugly’

after his son beat Roger

Federer in the thrilling final.

Srdjan Djokovic was

furious at the perceived

disrespect shown towards

his son on Centre Court last

week and said: “There was

a lot of unfriendliness in the

cheering of the English fans

towards Novak.

“I have the impression

that they were less

cheering for Federer and

more against Novak,” he

said. “I think that is ugly

and the fair play they are

proud of here it did not

exactly show itself in the

best light.

“Can you imagine them

whistling after the first

missed service to the

winner of the past

Wimbledon. He did not

deserve that, he was always

amazing toward everyone.”

Djoko dad

fans fury

FOOTBALL

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

2nd Qual Rnd 1st leg: The New

Saints 0 FC Copenhagen 2

SCOTTISH LEAGUE CUP

Grp A: Dundee Utd 0 East Fife 2;

C: Alloa 2 Stirling 1, Hibernian 3

Arbroath 0; D: Inverness CT 3

Cove Rangers 2, Raith 3 Peterhead

1; E: Annan 0 Morton 5, Dumbarton

0 Motherwell 2; G: Berwick 0

Falkirk 3, Stranraer 1 Livingston

2; H: Albion 0 St Mirren 0 (St

Mirren win 4-3 on pens),

Edinburgh 0 East Kilbride 1

FRIENDLIES (selected)

Barcelona 1 Chelsea 2, Bristol Rov

0 Swansea 3, Cambridge Utd 0

Leicester 3, Fleetwood 0 Burnley

2, Guangzhou 0 Southampton

4, Rotherham 1 West Brom 1,

Chesterfield 0 Sheff Utd 5

CRICKET

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

Division Two, Cheltenham:

Gloucs 354 & 149-8 v Worcs 293

VITALITY BLAST T20 CUP

Grace Road: Yorks 255-2

(Kohler-Cadmore 96no) v Leics

201-4 Yorks win by 54 runs

The Oval: Middlx 209-3 v Surrey

172-9 Middlx win by 37 runs

TENNIS

ATP ATLANTA OPEN, Georgia,

USA, 1st Rnd (selected): D Evans

(Gbr) bt J Jung (Tpe) 6-1 6-1

CYCLING

TOUR DE FRANCE, Stage 16

(Nimes-Nimes, 177km): 1 C Ewan

(Aus/L Soudal) 3h 57m 8s, 2 E

Viviani (Ita/QuickStep) Other: 25

G Thomas (Gbr/Ineos) All ST

GC: 1 J Alaphilippe (Fra/QuickStep)

64h 57m 30s, 2 Thomas +1m 35s

TODAY’S FOOTBALL

(7.45 unless stated)

Scottish League Cup

Hearts v Stenhousemuir, Ross

County v Forfar, St Johnstone v

Brechin, Airdrieonians v Queen’s

Park, Partick v Clyde

Friendlies (selected)

Kitchee v Man City (1), Norwich v

Brentford (4.30), Real Madrid v

Arsenal (12), Wigan v Everton

CRICKET

Test Match (day 1 of four)

Lords: England v Ireland (11)

Vitality Blast t20 Cup

Trent Bridge: Notts v Northants

(6.30); Edgbaston: Warks v Derbys

(7); Hove: Sussex v Hants (7)

The iconic Olympic

rings outside the new

national stadium

in Tokyo

RINGING

IN THE NEW