8. For 2020 Olympics, I.O.C. Picks Tokyo, Considered Safe Choice

Jeré Longman, a sports reporter for The New York Times, wrote about Japan being selected on Saturday to host the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Despite the economic and social challenges of Japan, Tokyo easily defeated Istanbul and Madrid to host the Summer Games. This event is seen as an opportunity for Japan to pull themselves out from the long economic and political decline and also to overcome the disasters caused by the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident two years ago. The Olympics will help Japan to restore their confidence and walk out from the pressure placed by China, as explained by Harumi Arima, an independent political analyst. The International Olympic Committee sees the environmental concerns in Japan as a less urgent issue compared to the Syrian war on Turkey`s border, the conflict against the antigovernment protesters in Istanbul and the economic recession and high unemployment in Spain. One of the main reasons for Japan to be elected is because it is seen by many members of the Olympic committee as a calm harbor and an organized country for it has hosted several sport events in the past years.

             Longman wrote an effective essay in informing the readers about Japan being elected as the country to host the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He consulted a political analyst in order to increase the credibility of his article and also mentioned about the different opinions from the members of the Olympic Committee in electing Japan to host the big event. He mentioned about the previous sport events that Japan has hosted so that he can persuade the readers that Japan was the ideal country for this big sport event in 2020. He also provided many specific numbers such as the difference in the number of votes between Japan and Istanbul and the amount of money that Japan has prepared to build the stadium for the games in 2020. These specific details make the readers have a better understanding of why Japan was elected. However, the details about the protests in Brazil and Russia were distracting for the readers because it is not related to the main topic of the article. In the last paragraph, it mentioned about a quote of Richard W. Pound, a member from Montreal, which suggests the possibility of the United States hosting the 2024 Games. This piece of information is confusing for the readers because it is not related to the main focus of the article, therefore it interrupts the flow of the essay. Overall, the article was well written with simple vocabularies that transmit the main purpose of the article to all types of audience.

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