Seiko Hashimoto (right), president of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Organising Committee, attends a press conference next to Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee CEO Toshiro Muto after a video conference with the International Olympic Committee executive board in Tokyo on Feb 24, 2021. - AFP
TOKYO (AFP): Spectators will be allowed to line the route when the Olympic flame begins its delayed relay across Japan next month, organisers said Thursday (Feb 25), but cheering will be strictly banned.
The torch relay was scrapped just days before it was due to kick off last year when Japanese and Olympic officials took the unprecedented decision to postpone Tokyo 2020 over the coronavirus pandemic.
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