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Tokyo To Host 2020 Olympics

by Sahil Kapur
09.07.13 | 12:41 pm

The International Olympic Committee has selected Tokyo to host the 2020 summer Olympic games, according to CNN and other media outlets.

Istambul and Madrid were also in the running, CNN reports.

Sahil Kapur Sahil Kapur is TPM's senior congressional reporter and Supreme Court correspondent. His articles have been published in the Huffington Post, The Guardian and The New Republic. Email him at sahil@talkingpointsmemo.com and follow him on Twitter at @sahilkapur.
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