Olympics: Tokyo, Pyeongchang, Beijing consider torch relay exchange

The organizing committees of the next three Olympic Games -- Pyeongchang, Tokyo and Beijing -- have been in talks about exchanging runners for their torch relays as a symbolic gesture of peace, Tokyo Games organizers said Tuesday.Yukihiko Nunomura, Tokyo COO, said the hosts of the 2018, 2020 and 2022 Olympics were asked by the International Olympic Committee about the three countries cooperating on some level.Nunomura said the IOC initially suggested sharing overlay or temporary facilities, but with that proposal posing too big of a physical challenge, the East Asian neighbors hatched the m…READ FULL ARTICLE