has won the right to host the twenty twenty summer olympic and paralympic games after seeing off bids from istanbul madrid have the i.o.c. votes and will say it is the japanese camp and so on the final round of voting getting sixty votes to istanbul's for the six madrid heard earlier been eliminated in the first round announcement was made sweden jubilant scenes in japan style care prepares to host the event for the first time since nine hundred sixty four tokyo promoted its bid as the remarkable choice in the global political and economic uncertainty they have been on the defensive in the final days of the campaign mounted concerns over the leak of radioactive water from the tsunami crippled fukushima nuclear plant. and one sport which will be in tokyo it's wrestling after it retained its status as an olympic event this point appearing in every games nine hundred it was surprisingly dropped by the i.o.c. in february however over the last six months for sport has campaigned heavily to maintain its status in the lympics while there's been rule changes to make it more spectator friendly

as he used to be known as a free time olympic champion and has hopes of adding to that tally in less than six months time michael crabtree as chris reports. at the age of twenty one who had just won three gold medals for south korea at the tour in the olympics in two thousand and six but just a few weeks later that future looked to be in limbo after a disagreement and subsequent irrepairable fallout with the korean skating union however russia offered on a new chance and a new home in the hope he could reproduce his medal winning performances. when i came to russia two years ago for the first three months i missed career but then i met other athletes and things became better i like being here i like the food the culture it's all very interesting. after missing out on the vancouver games due to his then ongoing differences with the korean federation the twenty eight year old is determined to make a name of themselves in the upcoming olympics season. last year i started to skate professionally again and with every competition i've participated since then i've been true to fish for this

every athlete wants to participate in the olympics as it's one of the most important words in your life but it's one thing to take part and not think to win we russians always want to win and i think we have what it takes especially with this new kit you always want to perform in a nice kit. and h l n russia legend alexei yashin took overall charge of the women's national team last december and in preparation for the olympics has now expanded his role to work with the men's squad. was born i'll still be the general manager of the women's team and will continue to work with them but i also now be working closely with the men's team especially with those players based in the u.s. as i spend a lot of time there and can check up on my performances and fitness more closely. meanwhile just outside of moscow at the training center men's head coaches in little to believe dinner will lead the red machine to gold at the two thousand and twelve world championships was busy working with the russian based plays and thinks there's no discrepancy within the national team between those members who play

boss and also the first olympic champion to head the organization. and i'm sure when i go to those on next to it used to be. there when president is going over to me the files of. the top five will be will be sold she and i will be very happy. to work there for and we thought she you know to make it a great success and finally with the winter sports season about to get underway the russian snowboarding team are making their final preparations and hoping that american born star vic wild can help lead his adopted country to gold in such a. snowboarding has only been a moment the discipline since then the government games in one thousand nine hundred eight russia's first medal came twelve years later in vancouver where you can a took silver in the women's parallel giant slalom and this helped kick start a new wave of snowboarders across the country not least attracting american star vic wilde i didn't have any good start david had states that i wasn't going to reach the goals that i wanted and thus it was an opportunity to get the balls. to be able to d