SOCHI OLYMPICS

A Swedish speedskater who won double Olympic gold earlier this month in Beijing, has given one of his medals to a Swedish publisher detained in China.

Doctor Jeffrey Kutcher is the Medical Director of the Henry Ford Kutcher Clinic for Concussion and Sports Neurology.

Seiko Hashimoto, 56, replaces Yoshiro Mori, 83, after he made sexist remarks. Women are still rare in boardrooms and positions of political power in Japan.

Seiko Hashimoto was named president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee Thursday after a meeting of its male-dominated executive board. Hashimoto appeared in seven Olympics - four Winter Olympics and three Summer Olympics. Seiko Hashimoto, speaking during Tokyo 2020 Executive Board meeting in Tokyo on February 18, 2021. Kotani is the sports director for the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee. The International Olympic Committee has said it won't require "participants" to be vaccinated, but is encouraging it.