Olympic torch relay finishes its first day in Fukushima
- 25 Mar 2021
Olympic torch bearer Yoshihide Muroya lights the celebration cauldron at Hibarigahara Festival Site in Minamisoma, Fukushima prefecture, Japan. Reuters
A runner carrying the Olympic torch completed the first day of the relay in Fukushima, Japan, on Thursday, an event that was postponed for a year due to the global pandemic.
With waves, smiles and high fives - but no cheers - the Olympic torch relay set off on Thursday, beginning a four-month countdown to the postponed 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo, the first ever organised during a deadly pandemic.
Reuters