The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Japanese government, however, have insisted the Games will go ahead. When fire destroyed the Moria refugee camp on Lesvos on September 8, the Tapuat learning centre and its staff supported by Theirworld and our partners went s. The scale of the spreading coronavirus, which has infected more than 200,000 people and killed more than 8,700 across the world, has forced the cancellation of numerous sporting events, raising concerns about whether the Olympics will be able to open as planned. It will arrive in Japan on Friday and kick off a domestic relay on March 26, with the Games set to take place from July 24-Aug. #OlympicTorchRelay #HopeLightsOurWay /dKmOKlwFEh The Olympic flame's time in Greece has come to an end and it is now in the hands of #Tokyo2020.
In a brief ceremony closed to spectators in Athens' Panathenaic Stadium, site of the first modern Games in 1896, the torch was received by Tokyo Games representative Naoko Imoto. The Hellenic Olympic Committee have announced that Japanese swimmer Naoko Imoto will receive the Olympic Flame on behalf of Tokyo 2020 during the handover. Amid the coronavirus outbreak, Tokyo 2020 organisers received the Olympic flame in a scaled-down handover ceremony in Greece and will now travel to Japan.
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