• Courtside counsel: Mosese Rarasea was able to meet some of his sports heroes as a volunteer at this summer’s Olympics. | HARUKA MURAYAMA
    Courtside counsel: Mosese Rarasea was able to meet some of his sports heroes as a volunteer at this summer’s Olympics. | HARUKA MURAYAMA
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On one of his first days volunteering at the Tokyo Summer Olympics, Mosese Rarasea, 37, found himself starstruck.

He was stationed at the beach volleyball courts in Shiokaze Park in Odaiba, next to Tokyo Bay. While manning an information desk, he spotted German beach volleyball player Laura Ludwig. He tried not to stare, but as an avid beach volleyball player himself he was a bit of a fan.

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