Tokyo a candidate for track and field world championships


              Antti Pihlakoski, evaluation panel chairman of World Athletics, speaks in an introduction before a talk with Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike in Tokyo, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. The $1.4 billion Tokyo national stadium, built by the Japanese government for last year’s Olympics, is being viewed as a site for track and field's world championships.An inspection team from World Athletics — the governing body of the sport — met with Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike on Wednesday and was to tour the stadium on Thursday. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
            
              Antti Pihlakoski, left, evaluation panel chairman of World Athletics, speaks in an introduction before a talk with Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike in Tokyo, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. The $1.4 billion Tokyo national stadium, built by the Japanese government for last year’s Olympics, is being viewed as a site for track and field's world championships. An inspection team from World Athletics — the governing body of the sport — met with Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike on Wednesday and was to tour the stadium on Thursday.(AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
            
              Antti Pihlakoski, evaluation panel chairman of the World Athletics (WA), center left, and Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, surrounded by other WA members, pose for a photo before their talk in Tokyo, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Council member Nawal El Moutawakel, back, from left, Vice President Ximena Restrepo and Director of Competitions & Events Jakob Larsen join the photo session. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
            
              FILE - A worker walks through the front entrance of Tokyo National Stadium on June 23, 2021, in Tokyo.  The $1.4 billion Tokyo national stadium, built by the Japanese government for last year’s Olympics, is being viewed as the site for track and field's world championships. A team from World Athletics — the governing body of the sport — met with Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike on Wednesday, May 25, and was to tour the stadium on Thursday, May 26. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)
            
              FILE - A general view of National Stadium during an athletics test event for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games in Tokyo, on May 9, 2021. The $1.4 billion Tokyo national stadium, built by the Japanese government for last year’s Olympics, is being viewed as the site for track and field's world championships. A team from World Athletics — the governing body of the sport — met with Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike on Wednesday, May 25, and was to tour the stadium on Thursday, May 26.(AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama, File)
Tokyo a candidate for track and field world championships