Olympics: Men's marathon to be held on last day of 2020 Games: source

The 2020 Olympic men's marathon will be held on its originally scheduled date of Aug. 9 despite the event's relocation from Tokyo to Sapporo, sources close to the matter said Sunday.The International Olympic Committee's decision to shift the Olympic marathon and race-walking events to Sapporo due to concerns over Tokyo's heat was reluctantly accepted by Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike earlier this month.Tokyo Games organizing committee chief Yoshiro Mori had said on Nov. 7 that the men's marathon schedule would "change greatly" as it would be "impossible" to hold the event in Sapporo on the same da…READ FULL ARTICLE