Athens 2004 chief says female leadership can carry Tokyo to success

Former Athens Olympics chief Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki believes the Tokyo organizing committee's new head Seiko Hashimoto can use the resilience she developed in her high-profile political and sports careers to carry the delayed 2020 Games to success.Hailed for promoting the role of women in sport, Angelopoulos-Daskalaki, who was the first woman to head an Olympic organizing committee, says Hashimoto's appointment demonstrates progress towards gender equality in Japan and in sport, a particularly important step given Hashimoto's predecessor was forced out by a sexism scandal."I'm very g…READ FULL ARTICLE