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Olympic flame passes to Fukushima in low-key event

First torchbearer, Greek shooting athlete Anna Korakaki. [Reuters]

Tokyo 2020 organisers left the Olympic flame in the hands of Fukushima Prefecture yesterday where it will be on display in a lantern for the next month after the Games were postponed for a year due to the coronavirus outbreak.

The handover took place at a subdued ceremony at the J-Village National Training Centre in Fukushima, which was originally set to be the starting point of the torch relay.

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