TOKYO (AP) — A top Tokyo Olympic Games organizer pledged Tuesday to keep water clean and safe at marathon swimming and triathlon venues, where bacterial contamination was detected during the summer.
Toshiro Muto, Tokyo 2020 organizing committee CEO, said in an interview with the Associated Press in his office that officials have been trying out various measures at the Odaiba Marine Park venue, including underwater curtains to close off the venue, which have tested effective.
Muto says water quality has improved and further measures are being tried out.
The water quality survey during the summer found E.