Olympics: Figure skaters Arakawa, Takahashi run torch relay

Olympic medalists Shizuka Arakawa and Daisuke Takahashi were among the Japanese who served as torchbearers on Friday as the Olympic flame passed through Incheon in northwest South Korea.Joining the figure skaters in the Olympic torch relay in the morning ahead of next month's Pyeongchang Games was Japan Sports Agency chief and retired swimmer Daichi Suzuki, who won the men's 100-meter backstroke at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.Arakawa, who captured the women's figure skating gold at the Turin Games in 2006, said, "It was my first experience and I'm all the more excited about the Pyeongchang Olym…READ FULL ARTICLE