Battered by scandal on the eve of the opening ceremony, Tokyo 2020 organisers have the chance to patch up the Games' image when they reveal today who will carry the Olympic flame for the final few steps to light the stadium's cauldron.
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Days earlier, the ceremony's composer stepped down after comments he made in interviews in the 1990s about abusing and bullying classmates were circulated on social media. "I have no fear because everybody is tested every day and we all do our own things," Kellie Harringtion a boxer and Team Ireland flag bearer said at a press conference. "If you start worrying about that, you may as well pack your bags and go home like, you’ve got to focus on the competition.
Yet the torchbearer's face will likely be seen by hundreds of millions of people watching around the world.
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