IOC chief says Hiroshima flame lighting ceremony a call for peace

A message from International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach celebrated the uniting on Monday evening of the Hiroshima Peace Flame and the Olympic flame at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, calling it "a universal call for peace."Bach was planning to be in Hiroshima to participate in Monday's leg of the torch relay but he canceled his trip to Japan because of surging cases of COVID-19 in the country.Instead, his message was read during the evening ceremony held at the site memorializing the 1945 atomic bomb attack on the city and its aftermath, the IOC said Monday.There were no spectato…READ FULL ARTICLE