<p>Australia's chef de mission Ian Chesterman said Sunday that the Tokyo Olympics had provided organisers of the Brisbane 2032 Games with "a roadmap" for their own event.</p>.<p>He hailed Japan's resilience and organisational skills, rating the pandemic-postponed 2020 Games "11 out of 10".</p>.<p>"Tokyo has certainly been a show of great organisation and commitment and provides an even better roadmap to go forward than what we had coming out of Rio (in 2016)," he said.</p>.<p>"So we thank very much the Japanese organisers who have done an incredible job working for an extra 15 months to make this happen."</p>.<p>"It's not the Games they had planned for, but they still delivered and the athletes will always be grateful for that," he added.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/other-sports/olympics-support-for-biles-osaka-shows-progress-on-mental-health-1017442.html" target="_blank">Read | Olympics: Support for Biles, Osaka shows progress on mental health</a></strong></p>.<p>Chesterman also reflected on the success of the Australian athletes in Tokyo -- Australia were sixth on the medals table with 17 golds on the final day of action.</p>.<p>"Our medal tally was exceptional. I'm very proud of these young people, and sometimes not so young," he said in reference to 62-year-old equestrian competitor Anthony Hoy, who won two medals.</p>.<p>"Australia has taken this group into their hearts. Even though these Games were different to any other, the way our athletes supported each other made this a memorable experience for every member of this team."</p>.<p>Chesterman said the team had had zero Covid cases despite a scare among the track-and-field athletes earlier in the Games.</p>.<p>He chose not to comment on various incidents involving Australian athletes.</p>.<p>Five men's hockey players were reprimanded on Friday for breaking the Tokyo Olympics' "bubble" by sneaking out of the Athletes' Village to buy beer.</p>.<p>The men's football and sevens rugby teams have also been criticised over their boozy antics on a flight back to Sydney.</p>
<p>Australia's chef de mission Ian Chesterman said Sunday that the Tokyo Olympics had provided organisers of the Brisbane 2032 Games with "a roadmap" for their own event.</p>.<p>He hailed Japan's resilience and organisational skills, rating the pandemic-postponed 2020 Games "11 out of 10".</p>.<p>"Tokyo has certainly been a show of great organisation and commitment and provides an even better roadmap to go forward than what we had coming out of Rio (in 2016)," he said.</p>.<p>"So we thank very much the Japanese organisers who have done an incredible job working for an extra 15 months to make this happen."</p>.<p>"It's not the Games they had planned for, but they still delivered and the athletes will always be grateful for that," he added.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/other-sports/olympics-support-for-biles-osaka-shows-progress-on-mental-health-1017442.html" target="_blank">Read | Olympics: Support for Biles, Osaka shows progress on mental health</a></strong></p>.<p>Chesterman also reflected on the success of the Australian athletes in Tokyo -- Australia were sixth on the medals table with 17 golds on the final day of action.</p>.<p>"Our medal tally was exceptional. I'm very proud of these young people, and sometimes not so young," he said in reference to 62-year-old equestrian competitor Anthony Hoy, who won two medals.</p>.<p>"Australia has taken this group into their hearts. Even though these Games were different to any other, the way our athletes supported each other made this a memorable experience for every member of this team."</p>.<p>Chesterman said the team had had zero Covid cases despite a scare among the track-and-field athletes earlier in the Games.</p>.<p>He chose not to comment on various incidents involving Australian athletes.</p>.<p>Five men's hockey players were reprimanded on Friday for breaking the Tokyo Olympics' "bubble" by sneaking out of the Athletes' Village to buy beer.</p>.<p>The men's football and sevens rugby teams have also been criticised over their boozy antics on a flight back to Sydney.</p>
