Olympics: Speed skater Morishige to be Japan flagbearer at Winter Games

Speed skater Wataru Morishige will be one of Japan's two flagbearers at the opening ceremony of the Milan-Cortina Winter Games, the country's Olympic committee said Tuesday.The 25-year-old, who won the men's 500-meter bronze four years ago in Beijing, will contest his second Olympics at the Feb. 6-22 games in northern Italy.Japan will also select a female flagbearer in line with the International Olympic Committee's policy of promoting gender equality by encouraging each delegation to have both a man and a woman in the role.The Japanese Olympic Committee previously appointed a captain of th…READ FULL ARTICLE