Tokyo Olympics name Mikako Kotani as new sports director

organizing committee of Tokyo 2020 Olympics has named Mikako Kotani as its new sports director. She takes over position on Thursday.

Kotani won two bronze medals in synchronized swimming — w called artistic swimming — at 1988 Olympics in Seoul.

She replaces Koji Murofushi, who is becoming Japan’s Sports ncy commissioner, a position in Japanese government.

Tokyo 2020 organizing committee is headed by 83-year-old Yoshiro Mori, a former Japanese prime minister.

Kotani is also a member of executive board of Japanese Olympic Committee and one of few women in a sports leadership position in Japan.

cabinet of new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has only two women among its 20 members.

Tokyo Olympics have been postponed by COVID-19 pandemic until next year. Organizers are adamant that it will take place but have offered few details about exactly how it will happen.

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