Olympics: Korakaki to become 1st woman to start Olympic torch relay

GENEVA - Greek Olympic shooting champion Anna Korakaki has been selected to start the torch relay for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the first time in games history a woman is serving as the first torchbearer.Greece's Olympic Committee said Thursday it picked Korakaki, who took gold in the women's 25-meter pistol event at the Rio de Janeiro Games in 2016, to receive the Olympic flame from an actress playing the role of a high priestess in a flame-lighting ceremony to be held on March 12 at Ancient Olympia.After Korakaki runs the first part of the relay, she will pass the torch to Mizuki Noguchi, …READ FULL ARTICLE