World's oldest citizen excited to be part of Tokyo 2020 Torch Relay
World's oldest citizen excited to be part of Tokyo 2020 Torch Relay A Tokyo 2020 Torchbearer is set to become the oldest ever to carry the Olympic Flame. Kane Tanaka from Shime Town in Fukuoka prefecture will be 118 years and 129 days old on the day she is scheduled to take the Flame. In the detailed itinerary announced this week by Tokyo 2020, it was formally confirmed that her home town is to be part of the route. Mrs Tanaka is now resident in a nursing home, but subject to health checks and weather conditions, she is to participate in the early evening of May 11 wearing a family birthday g...
Source: insidethegames.biz