IOC members complete visit to Tokyo

April 19, 2009 (CHICAGO)

IOC officials praised Tokyo's concept for the event. The evaluation commission's chairman described Tokyo as dynamic and said the group was impressed with compactness of the concept.

The committee would not comment on Tokyo's weakest point. Members also would not offer any comparisons to the Chicago inspection two weeks ago.

This weekend, the head of the Japanese Olympic Committee told the IOC his country will live up to its promise to fully fund the Games.

The inspection team is heading to Rio de Janiero next, and their final stop is Madrid.

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