Tokyo Olympics 2020: 42 venues lined up, schedule to remain unchanged

The 42 venues for next year's delayed Tokyo Olympics have been secured and the competition schedule will remain almost identical to the one that would have been used this year.

The Athletes Village and the main press center have also been lined up for 2021.

That was the message delivered Friday to IOC members by Tokyo organising committee President Yoshiro Mori and CEO Toshiro Muto.

They spoke from Japan to a full session of the IOC membership meeting online.

Estimates in Japan say the delay will cost $ 2 billion to $6 billion, with Japanese taxpayers picking up the bills. Olympic officials have not