FILE PHOTO: FIFA Women's World Player of the Year 2011 Homare Sawa speaks during a news conference in Barcelona February 1, 2012, before a charity soccer match with her team Inak Kobe Leonessa against FC Barcelona on Thursday. REUTERS/Gustau Nacarino
TOKYO (Reuters) - One of the first runners in the Tokyo Olympics torch relay has dropped out of the event scheduled for Thursday, the Games organising committee said on Wednesday.
Homare Sawa, captain of Japan's women's football team, which won the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, was one of those kicking off the torch relay on Thursday.
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