"It was yesterday when we decided that we felt a Japanese person was necessary to undertake this role, during the three-party meeting. Tokyo 2020 chief executive Toshiro Muto told Reuters how and why Imoto was selected for the role. "The Flame will thus begin its journey to the host city of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.” "President Capralos will then receive the Olympic Flame from the High Priestess Xanthi Georgiou before handing it over to the representative of the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee Ms Naoko Imoto. "The President of the Hellenic Olympic Committee and IOC member Mr Spyros Capralos will deliver a short speech followed by a video message from the President of the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee Mr Yoshiro Mori. The cauldron inside the stadium will then be lit. In a statement the HOC said: “There will be a Relay in the stadium with two Greek Torch bearers, the Olympic medallists Lefteris Petrounias and Katerina Stefanidi. A video message from Tokyo 2020 President Yoshiro Mori will also be relayed. Imoto competed in freestyle events at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and is currently working in Greece as chief of education for the United Nations’ childrens charity UNICEF. The Hellenic Olympic Committee have announced that Japanese swimmer Naoko Imoto will receive the Olympic Flame on behalf of Tokyo 2020 during the handover Ceremony in the Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens tomorrow.
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