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  • International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge pulls out the name of the city of Tokyo elected to host the 2020 Summer Olympics (Photo by Fabrice Coffrini /Pool/Getty Images)
  • The Tokyo 2020 bid delegation celebrate as Tokyo is awarded the 2020 Summer Olympic Games (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)
  • Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe celebrates with the delegation as Tokyo is awarded the 2020 Summer Olympic Games (Photo by Ian Walton/Getty Images)
  • Olympic fencing medallist Yuki Ota (R) celebrates with the delegation as Tokyo is awarded the 2020 Summer Olympic Games (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images)
  • (L-R) Tokyo 2020 Bid Committee Ambassador Yuki Ota with Cool Tokyo Ambassador Christel Takigawa, Governor of Tokyo and Chairman Tokyo 2020 Bid Committee Naoki Inose, President of the Tokyo 2020 Bid Committee Tsunekazu Takeda, Tokyo 2020 Bid Committee CEO Masato Mizuno and Tokyo 2020 Bid Committee Ambassador Mami Sato after Tokyo is awarded the 2020 Summer Olympic Games (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images)

Tokyo announced as 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games hosts

Seven years ago today (7 September) Tokyo was announced as hosts of the 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games at the 125th IOC session in 2013. The announcement saw the Japanese capital become the fourth city to host the Summer Olympics twice and the first city to host the Paralympics for a second time.

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