The Tokyo metropolitan government said Friday it has received 16,910 applications, or more than 100 times the spots available, to become one of the 165 runners to participate in the Tokyo leg of the 2020 Olympics torch relay.The applicants will know in December whether they have been chosen through a screening process based on documents they submitted earlier."It has become extremely competitive," Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike said at a press conference. "We would like to increase the level of expectation for the Olympics and Paralympics."There will be about 10,000 torchbearers in total running i…READ FULL ARTICLE
