2021-03-03 12:36:34 GMT2021-03-03 20:36:34(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
Hashimoto Seiko (L), president of the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020), speaks during the five-party meeting at the Tokyo 2020 headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on March 3, 2021. The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) held a five-party meeting on Wednesday with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, the Government of Japan, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). (Xinhua/Du Xiaoyi)
TOKYO, March 3 (Xinhua) Naoko Takahashi, the women s marathon champion at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, has become one of the 12 women to be appointed as the executive board members of the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee, it was announced here on Wednesday.
Olympics: Marathon champ Takahashi among 12 new organizing executives
The Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee s councilors announced 12 new female members for the committee s executive board Wednesday, including Sydney Olympic marathon gold medalist Naoko Takahashi and Paralympic Alpine skier Kuniko Obinata.
The 12 new members bring the number of women on the 45-member board to 19, raising female participation to above the 40 percent target set by the committee s new President Seiko Hashimoto, from 20 percent before their addition. Combined file photo shows Sydney Olympic marathon gold medalist Naoko Takahashi (L) and two-time Paralympic Alpine skiing champion Kuniko Obinata. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Also joining the committee as directors are Naoko Saiki, an executive board member of the Japan Rugby Football Union and former chief of the Foreign Ministry s Economic Affairs Bureau, Kaori Sasaki, the president of eWoman Inc., a networking site for women in business, Chukyo U
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Seiko Hashimoto, President of the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee, speaks during a media briefing after a council meeting in Tokyo, Japan March 3, 2021. | POOL / VIA REUTERS
Kyodo Mar 3, 2021
The Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee’s councilors announced 12 new female members for the committee’s executive board Wednesday, including Sydney Olympic marathon gold medalist Naoko Takahashi and Paralympic Alpine skier Kuniko Obinata.
The 12 new members bring the number of women on the 45-member board to 19, raising female participation to above the 40% target set by the committee’s new president Seiko Hashimoto.