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The IOC Executive Board in Lausanne signed off on the
finalised venue locations, saying it was "placing a focus on
cost effectiveness, sustainability and legacy," and saving about
$100 million in the process.
The road races and time trials will be held in Tokyo, starting
and finishing at the Imperial Palace Garden while the BMX event
will also be staged in the capital, in a temporary 5,000-seater
facility in the city center.
The track cycling events, however, will be held at the Japan
Cycle Sport Center in Izu, along with the mountain bike events
that will use an existing course next to the velodrome.
"The course will feature the spectacular Mount Fuji as a
backdrop," the IOC said.
"The athlete experience will be guaranteed, as all athletes and
team officials whose events will be at Izu will have the option
to stay in the main athletes' village before and after their
competition.
"During the competitions, they will stay at a satellite village
located close to the event venues."
The Tokyo Olympics are the first to benefit from a string of IOC
reforms approved last year and aimed at making the Games more
manageable and less costly.
Among the changes are staging competitions outside the host city
if venues already exist somewhere else, lifting the burden on
Olympic host of having to build new venues for each sport and
reducing both the budget and construction work.
(Editing by Sudipto Ganguly)
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