REUTERS
March 24, 2021 at 16:55 JST
In this Feb. 24 file photo, Greek singer Sakis Rouvas wears the uniform of the torch relay runners in Athens as he holds the torch of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games during a presentation of the torch relay within in Greece. (AP file photo)
One of the first runners in the Tokyo Olympics torch relay has dropped out of the event scheduled for Thursday, the Games organizing 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.
Her former coach Norio Sasaki told a press conference she had decided to pull out, citing health reasons.
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