Sapporo has given up its bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics, the head of the Japanese Olympic Committee said on Wednesday, Oct. 11, after corruption scandals over the 2020 Tokyo Games.
"JOC decided that proceeding with the bidding hastily but poorly could result in an incurable wound to the Olympics... so I proposed a change to our bidding for the Games to 2034 or later," committee president Yasuhiro Yamashita told reporters.
Sapporo mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto said"distrust" in the Olympics had increased and there were"worries and concerns" among many residents about staging such a large event.Recent opinion polls have also shown that the bribery and bid-rigging scandals have dragged on public support. A nationwide Asahi poll the month before had shown that as many as 60 percent nationwide were in favor.
Even so, Akimoto said Sapporo would still seek to host its second Olympics and its first Paralympics.
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