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Athletics-Japan fans eager for marathon but rue spectator ban

Chris GallagherSarah Aoyagi 2 minute read Runners cross the finish line while small groups of spectators are seen during the half-marathon of the Hokkaido-Sapporo Marathon Festival 2021, a testing event for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics marathon race, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan May 5, 2021. REUTERS/Issei Kato TOKYO, Aug 4 (Reuters) - When millions of Japanese tune into the Olympic marathons this weekend they will not only see the world s best runners pushing their bodies to the limit, but also their own lives, said Japan s 2000 marathon gold medallist Naoko Takahashi. The marathon holds a strong appeal in Japan because of the parallels it holds with everyday life, said Takahashi.

You read it here first (maybe): Who will light the Olympic cauldron

Jul 23, 2021 Lighting the Olympic cauldron, even at a Games somewhat deflated by the coronavirus pandemic, is one of the highest honors in sport. Names as big as Wayne Gretzky and Muhammad Ali have done it, but so have an obscure archer and a 12-year-old schoolgirl. So predicting who will do it at this year’s opening ceremony Friday must be a near impossible task, right? Well consider that The New York Times correctly predicted in 2016 that Vanderlei de Lima, a marathon bronze medalist, would get the honor. In 2012, a group of unknown teenagers were chosen to light the cauldron, but our pick of rower Steven Redgrave was the last prominent athlete to hold the torch, so we are taking partial credit.

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