Sapporo abandons bid to host 2030 Winter Olympics

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The action comes amid a probe into allegations of bribery and bid-rigging at Tokyo 2020.

Some 47% of Sapporo voters were against hosting the 2030 Winter Olympics, according to a survey of 1,350 households.

Prosecutors are investigating allegations of bribery and bid-rigging at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, which were postponed to 2021 because of the Covid-19 pandemic.Sapporo was once seen as a favourite to win the bid for the Winter Games but the number of potential hosts has dwindled. Other bids that have been withdrawn include Vancouver and Barcelona-Zaragoza.

A nationwide Asahi poll the month before had shown that as many as 60% of voters nationwide were in favour.

 

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