Bridgestone becomes top tier IOC sponsor

Published June 13, 2014 11:34am ET



TOKYO (AP) — Japanese tire manufacturer Bridgestone signed on as a top-tier global Olympic sponsor Friday in a 10-year deal that will cover the 2020 Tokyo Games and provide further long-term financial security to the IOC.

Bridgestone officials declined to reveal financial terms but the Asahi Shimbun newspaper reported that Bridgestone will pay $344 million to become a worldwide sponsor under the International Olympic Committee’s global commercial program, known as TOP.

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