Olympics: IOC's Coventry lauds Japan's 1956 Cortina Games medalist Igaya

International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry on Tuesday praised Chiharu Igaya, Japan's first Winter Games medalist from the 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Games, during the 145th IOC Session.Igaya, a former IOC vice president from 2005 to 2009 who is now 94, won silver in the men's slalom 70 years ago in northern Italy and remains the only Japanese alpine skier to have won an Olympic medal."I would like for us to share in recognizing one of our honorary members. For him, these games must bring back many, many fond memories," Coventry, who succeeded Thomas Bach as the IOC president last…READ FULL ARTICLE