TIL Barry Larkin,who was against the olympic torch relay for its nazi origins, pulled a hoax of running with a fake torch made of pudding cans,underwear and wooden chair legs at the torch relay for the 1956 melbourne olympics(in Australia). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/195…
World's oldest person pulls out of Olympic torch relay
The world's oldest person, a Japanese woman aged 118, has given up her spot in the Olympic torch relay due to a surge in coronavirus cases all over the country.
Kazuchika Okada carrying the torch in his home city of Anjo for the Olympic Torch relay twitter.com/kanon_kanban/…
Kazuchika Okada carrying the torch in his home city of Anjo for the Olympic Torch relay twitter.com/kanon_kanban/…
World’s oldest person pulls out of torch relay for Tokyo Olympics aljazeera.com/news/2021/5…
China limits Olympic torch relay to three days amid COVID-19 concerns thehill.com/policy/intern…
South Korea protests over inclusion of disputed islands on Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch relay map, politicians propose Games boycott rt.com/news/525022-south-…
NHK censored out voices of anti-Olympic protesters for 30 seconds while livestreaming a torch relay mainichi.jp/articles/2021…
Tokyo Olympic torch relay stirs mixed emotions ahead of its Fukushima start reuters.com/article/us-ol…
TIL that during the 1956 Olympic torch relay, veterinary student Barry Larkin tricked onlookers by carrying a fake torch made of a chair leg, a pudding can, and flaming underpants. He managed to hand it over to the mayor of Sydney who gave a speech without realizing it was a hoax. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/195…
Restored video using IA of the torch relay in Olympics Berlin (1936) youtu.be/vACvf7vpbQQ
On NHK, there were scenes of large crowds in Fukui prefecture as the Olympic torch relay passed through. Previously large crowds were discouraged from gathering along the route.
Osaka leg of Olympic torch relay should be canceled, governor says japantoday.com/category/t…
World’s oldest person pulls out of torch relay for Tokyo Olympics aljazeera.com/news/2021/5…
93 year old man who was supposed to run Tokyo 2020 torch relay has died. He was a runner of Tokyo 1964 Olympic torch relay and running in 2020 was his last dream. www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/…
World’s Oldest Person Pulls Out of Olympic Torch Relay breakingasia.com/japan/wo…
World’s oldest person pulls out of torch relay for Tokyo Olympics aljazeera.com/news/2021/5…
Amami city officials who controlled traffic at the recent Tokyo Olympic torch relay on Amami-Oshima have tested positive for COVID-19 and become part of the first infection cluster on the remote island asahi.com/ajw/articles/14…
Osaka takes Olympic torch relay off public roads as it declares state of emergency amid Covid-19 surge edition.cnn.com/2021/04/0…
World's oldest person pulls out of Olympic torch relay
The world's oldest person, a Japanese woman aged 118, has given up her spot in the Olympic torch relay due to a surge in coronavirus cases all over the country.
