Tokyo 2020 venues near completion eight months from Games

An exterior view of Ariake Arena, the venue for Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games volleyball and wheelchair basketball events, in Tokyo, Japan, November 21, 2019. REUTERS/Jack Tarrant

TOKYO (Reuters) - Construction at two Tokyo 2020 venues is nearing completion eight months before the start of the Olympics, as preparations for the Games enter the final stretch on schedule.

The elegant Tokyo Aquatics Centre, which will host swimming and diving at the Games, is 90% complete, according to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG), and is on schedule to be finished at the end of February.