Demand for Tokyo 2020 tickets unprecedented, says IPC chief

FILE PHOTO: okyo 2020 Medal Design Selection Panel chairperson Ryohei Miyata shows off wooden case of the Paralympic medals during a news conference at the 'One Year to Go' ceremony celebrating one year out from the start of the Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan August 25, 2019. REUTERS/Issei Kato

TOKYO (Reuters) - There have been more than three million requests for Tokyo 2020 Paralympics tickets via the first lottery phase, three times the demand seen a year out from the London 2012 event which went on to post record sales, Paralympics chief Andrew Parsons has said.

London is seen as the benchmark for the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) in terms of interest in the Games with a record total of 2.7 million tickets sold.