"Sport is not just for athletes, it is for everyone to get together, to be energised, to enjoy. So it is really meaningful to have this championship here in Tokyo as we would like to eliminate that part of the memory and revive the memory of authentic sport. And everyone that will come here will realise that athletics is the mother of sports and it is something to ignite and energise people. This is the message that will be disseminated from these world championships."
"We will have full stadia and noisy, passionate and knowledgeable fans, said Coe. We've sold 500,000 tickets that will be 50,000 a night with many sessions sold out. This is the largest global sporting event of the year by some distance. A billion viewers will be watching over 2000 athletes in 200 countries. You can expect an athletics display for the ages."
Yuko Arimori, head of Japanese athletics, became tearful while promising that hosting the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo will help erase negative memories of the Covid-affected 2021 Olympics and re-energise the nation. She stressed that the championships take place at the venue planned for the Tokyo Olympic Games and will revive authentic sport that energises communities. Mitsugi Ogata, head of the event, said the championships will demonstrate the power of sport and counter negative Tokyo 2020 legacies. World Athletics president Sebastian Coe predicted full stadia, praised strong ticket sales of 500,000, and forecast a global audience around one billion watching over 2,000 athletes.
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