Tokyo Olympic organisers were given a sharp reminder Tuesday to raise their game after complaints from several international sports federations about preparations for the 2020 Summer Games.
IOC coordination commission chief John Coates warned that as the spotlight falls on Tokyo after a successful Winter Games in Pyeongchang earlier this year, Olympic stakeholders would become increasingly impatient for answers.
"You are the next host city so the urgency is quite clear to us," Coates told a news conference in Tokyo.
"It is very important that when you do presentations, you just have to answer the questions and be forthright in doing so," he added. "It might not always be in your nature, but the questions are going to come."
"There were concerns expressed by judo as to why their 2019 world championships would not be used as a test event. I think they are going to be used, so perhaps there hasn't been close enough liaison." - Gone fishing - ================
"I'm assured that those matters are under control, or being got under control or certainly receiving attention."
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