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Tokyo Olympic torch relay: Masks, quiet cheering and caution
Read full article: Tokyo Olympic torch relay: Masks, quiet cheering and cautionFILE - In this Feb. 24, 2020, file photo, Greek singer Sakis Rouvas wears the uniform of the torch relay runners in Athens, Greece, as he holds the torch of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games during a presentation of the torch relay within in Greece. Organizers have talked in detail about plans for the start of next week's Tokyo Olympic torch relay. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, File)TOKYO – Organizers plan to exercise extreme caution when the Olympic torch relay starts next week, knowing any stumble could imperil the the opening of the Tokyo Games in just over four months. ”The objective of the Olympic torch relay is to enhance the enthusiasm,” said Toshiro Muto, the CEO of the organizing committee who has also been put in charge of the relay. There was talk shortly after the postponement of eliminating the torch relay, which has its roots in the 1936 Berlin Olympics.