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Mar 8, 2021 When the Olympic torch makes its way through Japan ahead of the games this summer, the world’s oldest person will take her turn carrying it. Kane Tanaka turned 118 in January and this May, she’s going to make history with the torch. The supercentenarian - someone over 110 years old - will become the oldest Olympic torchbearer, beating former record holders Aida Gemanque, who lit the torch at the 2016 Rio Summer Games at 106, and table tennis player Alexander Kaptarenko, who ra...

Mar 9, 2021 When the Olympic torch makes its way through Japan ahead of the games this summer, the world’s oldest person will take her turn carrying it. Kane Tanakaturned 118 in January and this May, she’s going to make history with the torch. The supercentenarian - someone over 110 years old - will become the oldest Olympic torchbearer, beating former record holders Aida Gemanque, who lit the torch at the 2016 Rio Summer Games at 106, and table tennis player Alexander Kaptarenko, who ran w...

Andi's Daily Do Good: Kane Tanaka, the world’s oldest person, is preparing to carry the Olympic torch this May in Japan.

By @TobyChilliShow Mar 8, 2021 When the Olympic torch makes its way through Japan ahead of the games this summer, the world’s oldest person will take her turn carrying it. Kane Tanaka turned 118 in January and this May, she’s going to make history with the torch. The supercentenarian - someone over 110 years old - will become the oldest Olympic torchbearer, beating former record-holders Aida Gemanque, who lit the torch at the 2016 Rio Summer Games at 106, and table tennis player Alexander ...

While Tanaka's family will push her in a wheelchair for most of her 100-meter or so leg, the supercentenarian - a person aged over 110 years old - is determined to walk the final few steps ...

Kane Tanaka, the world’s oldest living person, is set to carry the Olympic torch this May in Japan. At 118-years-old, Ms Tanaka will participate in Tokyo’s Olympic Torch Relay, taking the flame as it passes through Shime, in her home prefecture of Fukuoka. Starting on March 25, the torch will first go through regions affected by the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, marking the tragedy’s 10th anniversary, before travelling "around every corner...