Former Japanese athletes spoke of their hopes for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on Friday the 50th anniversary of the opening of the 1964 Olympics in which they competed in the Japanese capital.
“In 1964, Japan showed the world that it had recovered (from World War II),” gymnast and Japan’s 1964 delegation captain Takashi Ono said.
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