Tokyo Olympic torch collection and delivery start as usual

Data map: On February 10, local time, Tokyo, Japan, Odaiba Seaside Park displayed the Olympic rings and greeted the upcoming Tokyo Olympics.

Client of Chinanews.com, February 25th. Local time. On the 24th, local time, the Greek Olympic Committee confirmed that the torch gathering ceremony for the Tokyo Olympics will be held on March 12th, local time. Japanese media reported that after the tinder was collected, it was planned to be transported to Higashi-Matsushima by a special transport aircraft on March 20, and a flame transfer ceremony would be held.

According to previous reports, the Tokyo Olympic flame will be collected on March 12, local time in Greece, the birthplace of the Olympic Games. After one week in Greece, the flame will be handed over at the Panasinaiko Stadium in Athens, Greece on March 19. ceremony. On the same day, residents of Higashi-Matsushima City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan will light up bamboo lanterns with local characteristics along the local canal to welcome the flame.

About half a month ago, the Greek Olympic Committee announced the first torchbearer of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics torch relay ceremony-the Rio Olympics gold medalist Anna Krakacs. This is the first time that women have played the first torchbearer in the history of the Olympic Games. One week after the torch passed in Greece, it will be transported to Japan.

The torch relay of the Tokyo Olympic Games will start on March 26, 2020 from the football facility "J-Village" in Fukushima Prefecture, which is used by Japan as a symbol of "revival of the Olympics". After that, about 10,000 torchbearers will travel throughout Japan in 121 days. Finally, the main torch will be ignited on July 24 at the National Olympic Stadium, the main venue of the Tokyo Olympics.

In addition, the Paralympic flame torch-taking ceremony will begin on August 13th and the torch relay will begin on August 18.

The Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games will be held in Tokyo, Japan from July 24 to August 9, 2020 and August 25 to September 6, 2020, respectively. (Finish)