Japan’s IOC presidential candidate Morinari Watanabe has proposed staging the Summer Olympics in one city from each of the five continents simultaneously to share the excitement around the world and reduce economic costs to host cities.
The 65-year-old president of the International Gymnastics Federation, the first Asian to hold the position, outlined his radical vision in his IOC candidature document released Thursday. Re-elected for a third term in October, he argued that the idea would allow many more, including smaller cities, to consider hosting the games.
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