Scandal-hit Tokyo looks to final torchbearer to mend battered image

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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 who will carry the Olympic flame for the final few steps to light the stadium's cauldron. The identity of the final torchbearer is one of the Games' most closely held secrets yet speculation has swirled for months around well known athletes such as former Seattle Mariners baseball player Ichiro Suzuki and Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels, the latest Japanese player to woo the United States. One sports figure who might be able to soften public resentment over the hosting of the Games during the pandemic is four times Grand Slam tennis champion Naomi Osaka https://jp.reuters.com/article/uk-t...-from-the-french-open-on-monday-idINKCN2DC1VR.

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