Olympics: Tokyo 2020 director leaves ahead of rearranged Games


FILE PHOTO: Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic organising committee Sports Director Koji Murofushi attends a news conference on the water quality survey for an Olympics venue, in Tokyo, Japan October 4, 2017. REUTERS/Issei Kato

TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo 2020 Sports Director Koji Murofushi has left to join the Japan Sports Agency, the organising committee said on Friday, a departure that comes just 10 months before the start of the rearranged Games.

The former Olympic gold medallist hammer thrower was one of the key public-facing officials at the organising committee.

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