Olympics: Public to use urban sports venues during 2020 games

The 2020 Olympics will take on a radical new look, with its urban sports venues to be open for public use while the games are in progress, International Olympic Committee Vice President John Coates said Wednesday.Earlier this month, the IOC decided to add 15 events to Tokyo to bring the total to 339 including 18 from the game's five new sports -- baseball/softball, karate, skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing.Following an IOC Coordination Commission visit of the Aomi urban sports venue Wednesday, Coates, who chairs the commission, said fans will have an opportunity to actually use the …READ FULL ARTICLE