IOC, Tokyo 2020 set for showdown talks over marathon

FILE PHOTO: Athletics - Tokyo Marathon 2017 - Tokyo, Japan - 26/02/17 - Runners at the start of the Tokyo Marathon 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

TOKYO (Reuters) - Representatives from the International Olympic Committee and Tokyo 2020 organisers are set for a third day of showdown talks on Friday as they look to resolve what has become a very public spat over the hosting of the marathon at next year's Games.

Last month, the IOC stunned many Games organisers by announcing that the marathon, one of the most prestigious events at any Olympics, would be moved to the northern Japanese city of Sapporo to avoid the worst of Tokyo’s summer heat.