Russian Olympic chief sees daughter carry on family tradition in Tokyo

FILE PHOTO: Russia's Olympic athletes, team members and President of the country's Olympic Committee Stanislav Pozdnyakov attend a traditional prayer service at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour ahead of the team's departure for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in Moscow, Russia June 30, 2021. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina

TOKYO (Reuters) - Stanislav Pozdnyakov, the head of Russia's Olympic Committee, beamed with pride as he posed alongside his daughter Sofia, a fencer who has arrived in Tokyo to continue the family's Olympic traditions.

Pozdnyakov, five-time Olympic medallist in fencing, won the title in the sabre individual event at the 1996 Atlanta Games, a feat his daughter is seeking to match 25 years later.