Marathon medalist Takahashi among possible new Olympic board members

Naoko Takahashi, the 48-year-old women's marathon gold medalist at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, is listed among potential new female board members for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics organizing committee, games sources said Monday.The organizers said it will hold a board meeting on Tuesday as it seeks to up the ratio of female board members to 40 percent from the current 20 percent in search of gender equality in the wake of a sexist remarks turmoil.New organizing committee president Seiko Hashimoto has set the target after replacing Yoshiro Mori, the former prime minister who resigned last…READ FULL ARTICLE