The Tokyo Olympic torch relay held in Kyoto Prefecture was held on the 26th as the second day, and was held at the venue in Kameoka City on the 25th following the spread of the new corona infection.
The torch relay in Kyoto Prefecture was canceled on public roads due to the extension of the state of emergency, and it was changed to run 50 meters per person at "Prefectural Kyoto Stadium" in Kameoka City for both days, and the runner's family Except for such things, the event was held without the audience.
The second day, the 26th, started at 1:30 pm, and the first runner, Ms. Mai Yamamoto, a third-year junior high school student in Uji City, ran with a smile and waving her hand.
Then, Kenichi Itakura of Kyotanabe City, who was selected as a torchbearer at the last Tokyo Olympics but the relay was canceled due to the approaching typhoon, and Yasumitsu Sato, a professional shogi player who lives in Yawata City and is the chairman of the Japan Shogi Association. I connected the torch.
At the end of the game, Kunishige Kamamoto, a former Japanese national football team who was born in Kyoto and won the bronze medal at the Mexico Olympics, and Fumiko Okuno, who won the bronze medal at the Barcelona Olympics artistic swimming, ran together while changing their torch. It was.
Approximately 100 people ran on the 26th, and the final runner ignited the torch plate before 6 pm to finish the two-day schedule.