Olympics: 530,000 applications for torchbearers in Tokyo 2020 relay

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics organizing committee said Thursday it received a total of 535,717 applications from the public all hoping to be torchbearers in the Olympic torch relay.Organizers began accepting applications in June in collaboration with each of Japan's 47 prefectures and four corporate sponsors, and closed registration at the end of last month.The 2020 torch relay will begin on March 26 and will feature around 10,000 torchbearers while as it leads into the Olympic opening ceremony on July 24.The exact number of applicants is unknown since members of the public were …READ FULL ARTICLE