Tokyo was the 'safe' choice for the Olympics. Here's how everything changed

3:31pm PDT - June 8th, 2021    college world series - CNN

Back in 2013, Tokyo's big win to secure the Olympic Games in only the second round of voting — it took out Istanbul 60-36 — rested largely in its insistence to the IOC that as a host, it was a "safe pair of hands," something that past IOC president Jacques Ro…