Multiple Olympic gold medallist Carl Lewis has backed Tokyo's bid to host the 2020 Olympic Games, hailing the Japanese city's strong pedigree for organising big sporting events. Tokyo is competing with Istanbul and Madrid to host the Olympics for a second time after becoming the first Asian city to host the multi-sport event in 1964.
Lewis, the nine-time Olympic champion, visited Japan's National Stadium on Monday, a venue where he set two world records in the 1991 world athletics championships and narrowly lost arguably the greatest long jump final to compatriot Mike Powell. "I have obviously tremendous memories of that and that was without question my best track meet ever," Lewis told Reuters Television on the track.
"But for me it was more fitting because Japan had been the one place I've been to the most in my career, they've been the most supportive in my career outside the United States. "I will be at the 2020 Games wherever it is, and I hope it's here." The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will decide on the hosts at a meeting in Argentina in September with Tokyo's bid strengthened by having the majority of the proposed venues already built.
The 80,000 capacity national stadium, though, will undergo a $1 billion space-age makeover and be completed in time to host the 2019 rugby World Cup with the famed sprinter looking forward to seeing the results. "Japan has always been a high-tech community and I think it would be a showcase
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05:04 PM, Aug 10, 2012
London: Newly-crowned "greatest-ever sprinter" Usain Bolt said on Thursday he had lost all respect for Carl Lewis, the man whose on-track exploits he has surpassed with his unique Olympic double-double but who still leads the way in self-regard. American Lewis is the only other man to win two Olympic 100m gold medals, the second coming in 1988 when he was promoted from second place after the disqualification of Ben Johnson....
08:23 AM, Aug 10, 2012
Having set the track ablaze in the men's 100m sprint, Usain Bolt will once again be the favourite to clinch Thursday night's 200m dash, says nine-time Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis. Talking exclusively to CNN-IBN from London, the 51-year-old American said the three runners from Jamaica - Bolt, Yohan Blake and Warren Weir - will once again lead the charge in tonight's event. There wont be anything out of ordinary...
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The champion US sprinter says Vikas Gowda finishing 8th in the discus throw final is a sign of good things to come. ...
05:15 PM, Aug 08, 2012
The nine-time Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis talks about the India's performance at the London Games 2012. ...
05:53 PM, Aug 07, 2012
The nine-time Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis praised Usain Bolt who set a new record in 100m event at the London Games on Sunday. ...
05:34 PM, Aug 06, 2012
The nine-time Olympic gold medalist talks about the contenders who can clinch Sunday's 100m event at the Games. ...
03:01 PM, Aug 05, 2012
The US Olympic legend hails Michael Phelps on bagging his 19th Olympic medal - the most by any athlete. ...
04:41 PM, Aug 01, 2012
Carl Lewis says that it is more difficult to defend the gold medal after winning it the first time at Olympics. ...
04:24 PM, Jul 30, 2012
The nine-time gold medallist from America shares his experiences of opening ceremonies at the Olympics. ...
02:38 PM, Jul 27, 2012
In the countdown to the 2012 London Olympics, we retrace some memorable achievements in the history of the Games. In part seven of our Olympic moments recall, a look at the 1992 Barcelona Games where Carl Lewis and the men's basketball team bring glory to USA and Chris Boardman saves face for Great Britain. 1992: Carl Lewis anchors the US relay team to victory By the end of 1991, Carl...
08:18 AM, Jul 22, 2012
In the countdown to the 2012 London Olympics, we retrace some memorable achievements in the history of the Games. Today, a look at Allan Wells' gold in 1980, Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett's historic rivalry, Carl Lewis' awesome but arrogant 1984 Olympics and Zola Budd's controversial race in part five of our Olympic moments recall. 1980: Allan Wells wins 100m gold in Moscow At 28, Allan Wells was considered old...
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Australia's No. 1 sporting magazine,
Alpha, has come out with the list. ...
05:54 PM, Aug 21, 2009
Olympic legend Carl Lewis raised questions about Bolt in an interview. ...
10:13 PM, Sep 27, 2008
He's the first man after Carl Lewis in 1984 to win 100, 200 at an Olympics. ...
07:55 PM, Aug 20, 2008
Two US favourites failed in the final meters of their quest for Olympic gold on Tuesday. ...
07:36 PM, Aug 19, 2008
Carl Lewis and soccer legend Pele are expected to visit Kerala next month to help promote sports in the state. ...
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