Olympics: Sapporo's Odori Park proposed for marathon start, finish

The Tokyo Olympic Games marathon and race walk events will start and finish at Sapporo's Odori Park under a plan agreed Monday in a meeting of the organizing committee and local municipalities, a committee official said.The organizers held their second working-level talks with the Sapporo city and Hokkaido prefectural governments as they have been seeking confirmation of the plan at the International Olympic Committee Executive Board meeting on Dec. 4.The organizers' proposed marathon route sees runners lapping the roughly 20-kilometer course twice. The scenic route will pass by the Sapporo…READ FULL ARTICLE