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Runner in first leg of Olympics torch relay drops out: Tokyo 2020

Published 03/24/2021, 01:45 AM
Updated 03/24/2021, 01:50 AM
© Reuters. Japan's Sawa leaves the pitch after their defeat by the U.S. team after the women's final soccer match at the London 2012 Olympic Games in London

TOKYO (Reuters) - One of the first runners in the Tokyo Olympics torch relay has dropped out of the event scheduled for Thursday, the Games organising committee said on Wednesday.

Homare Sawa, captain of Japan's women's football team, which won the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, was one of those kicking off the torch relay on Thursday.

© Reuters. Japan's Sawa leaves the pitch after their defeat by the U.S. team after the women's final soccer match at the London 2012 Olympic Games in London

Her former coach Norio Sasaki told a press conference she had decided to pull out, citing health reasons.

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