Olympic cycling events should not be held outside Tokyo in 2020: head

Olympic cycling events should not be held outside Tokyo in 2020: head

SOCHI, Russia, April 22 Kyodo - Brian Cookson, president of the world's cycling governing body, the Union Cycliste Internationale, gives an interview in Sochi, Russia on April 21, 2015. Cookson said he opposes the idea of staging track cycling, BMX and mountain biking in Izu, Japan, during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, instead of the capital.

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