At the Tokyo Olympic torch relay held in Okayama Prefecture from the 19th, it was found that Yuko Arimori, a marathon who had been selected as a torchbearer, declined to participate.
According to Okayama Prefecture, Mr. Arimori decided to decline because he did not want the citizens of the prefecture to feel uneasy by moving from Tokyo, where the state of emergency was declared, and on the 12th of this month he called the prefecture to inform him of his intentions. It means that.
Initially, Mr. Arimori was planning to run as a torchbearer in Okayama City on the first day.