UPDATE: In the hours after actor George Takei seemingly announced to the world that he would be the final torchbearer at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, he…
"This will be such a unique moment, before the eyes of a billion people, lighting the torch as a symbol of hope for the future in 2021 in Tokyo," he wrote in a statement on Instagram. "As a life-long runner, I’m especially grateful to have been chosen, and hope to do everyone in the US of A proud!"in December that members of the Women's National Football Team of Japan would participate in the Tokyo Games.
Shimura has sincePer Olympic tradition, the final torchbearer, the one to actually light the Olympic cauldron as a symbolic gesture of igniting the Games, is typically a native of the country hosting the Olympics. Takei is Japanese-American. It's also customary that the identity of the final torchbearer, a highly guarded secret, be revealed when the torch arrives in the Olympic Stadium on live television.
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