Tokyo 2020 organizing committee president Seiko Hashimoto and Japanese Olympic Committee president Yasuhiro Yamashita will attend the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games, announced the Japanese government on Friday.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told reporters in Tokyo that Kazuyuki Mori, president of the Japan Paralympic Committee, will attend the Beijing Winter Paralympics.
Hashimoto had been the Olympic Minister since 2019 before replacing former Japanese prime minister Yoshiro Mori as Tokyo 2020 president last February. Mori was forced to resign over alleged sexist comments.
The 57-year-old Hashimoto competed in seven Olympics as a speed skater at four Winter Games and a track cyclist at three Summer Games. In 1992, she received the bronze for the women’s 1,500 meter speed skating event in France.
Yamashita had already announced his attendance of the Games during a Beijing 2022 themed exhibition in Tokyo last month.
The judo legend confirmed that he would travel to China with the Japanese delegation, which will have over 200 members.
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