The Tokyo Olympic Torch Relay began on the 25th in Kyoto Prefecture with a two-day schedule.
Due to the spread of the new corona infection, the relay on public roads was canceled and held at the stadium in Kameoka City without spectators.
Initially, the torch relay in Kyoto Prefecture was planned for runners to run a total of 34 kilometers of routes in 16 cities and towns in the prefecture, but the relay on public roads was canceled due to the spread of the new corona infection.
Instead, it was changed to run 50 meters by one person at "Prefectural Kyoto Stadium" in Kameoka City, and it was held without spectators except for the runner's family.
The relay started at 3:00 pm on the 25th, and the first runner was Ayako Shoda (39), who won the women's wrestling world championship four times.
Mr. Masada raised the torch and ran slowly, handing over the torch to the next runner.
After that, a man with down syndrome who had been swimming since childhood, a high school girl aiming for the Paris Olympics by weightlifting, and a man who ran the torch relay at the last Tokyo Olympics connected the torch one after another. ..
In addition, Shiro Tanaka, a Japanese national rugby union player from Kyoto, also ran and took the pose of "Torch Kiss" to move the torch with the next runner.
Then, after 6 pm, the 78th final runner received the torch and the torch was lit.
The torch relay in Kyoto Prefecture will be held at the venue in Kameoka City on the 26th.