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Tokyo and Beijing will get torched by the Olympics

Wed, Aug 05, 2015 - 5:50 AM

TOKYO and Beijing are still celebrating the news that they will host the 2020 Summer and 2022 Winter Olympics respectively. But it's time to congratulate the real winners: all the cities that have decided to steer clear of competing for the honour.

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