Bach and IOC: No Olympic city ever as ready as Tokyo

TOKYO (AP) — IOC President Thomas Bach and other International Olympic Committee members are calling Tokyo the best prepared host city in recent memory.
Still, there are problems ahead of the 2020 Games — small by the standards of the corruption-plagued Rio de Janeiro Olympics in 2016.
John Coates, the head of an IOC inspection team, wrapped up three days of meetings in Tokyo on Wednesday by saying the city’s summer heat is a growing worry. Organizers are proposing to start the