Tokyo: International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Vice President Duane Kale said on Sunday that Tokyo would set new standards for the games when the Japanese capital hosts the next Paralympics in 2020.
However, he also admitted in an interview that challenges remain for the event scheduled to kick off in less than a year's time. A former Paralympics swimmer from New Zealand, Kale is presently reviewing the preparations for the games to be held between August 25 and September 6, 2020.
He is attending a series of events marking the beginning of the countdown for the mega sporting event which will begin after the end of the Summer Olympics, also to be hosted by Tokyo, Efe news reported.
Kale said the organizers were doing an "incredible" job, and the popular anticipation and media interests were "higher in Tokyo than what it was in London (2012) one year prior to the games." IANS