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Tokyo 2020 torch handover behind closed doors in Athens

March 15, 2020 18:12 IST
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IMAGE:  Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games flame. Photograph: Olympics/Twitter

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games flame handover in Athens next week will be done behind closed doors amid the coronavirus outbreak, the Greek Olympic Committee said on Sunday.

 

Greece on Friday cancelled the remainder of the domestic Olympic torch relay through the country to avoid attracting crowds a day after the Tokyo Games flame was lit in ancient Olympia.

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