THE HIMALAYAN MAIL JAMMU Q FRIDAY Q MARCH 26, 2021 11 Injured Iyer exits bio-secure bub- Torch relay for Tokyo Olympics ble; says will be back soon stronger kicks off its 121-day journey TOKYO, MARCH 25: isolated parts of the coun- Iyer dislocated his left shoulder while fielding during the first ODI against England The torch relay for the post- try. Vaccinations have not everyone.” poned Tokyo Olympics be- been rolled out yet in Japan The 26-year-old Iyer is gan its 121-day journey to the general public. About also unlikely to play for across Japan on Thursday 9,000 deaths in the country English county side Lan- and is headed toward the have been attributed to cashire in their one-day opening ceremony in Tokyo COVID-19. tournament. on July 23. About 10,000 runners Lancashire had on Mon- The relay began in north- are expected to take part, day announced the signing eastern Fukushima prefec- with the relay touching of Iyer for the tournament ture, the area that was dev- Japan’s 47 prefectures. starting on July 23. astated by the 2011 After the postponement a Iyer suffered the injury in earthquake, tsunami and year ago, there was early the eighth over of the Eng- the meltdown of three nu- talk of eliminating the relay land innings when he dived clear reactors. About to save money. However, on a drive hit by Jonny 18,000 died in the tragedy. that idea was quickly The first runner with the Fans were told to social- with a statement. dropped with the relay Bairstow off pacer Shardul distance along the roadside “The Olympic torch relay Thakur. torch was Azusa heavily sponsored by Coca- Iwashimizu, a key player in as the torch passes, and starting from today is a Cola and Toyota. He looked in tremendous they were to refrain from valuable opportunity for the pain as he left the field the Japan team that won The relay is a prelude to the Women’s World Cup in loud cheering. Organizers people to get a real sense of the difficulties the Olympics clutching his shoulder. have said they will stop or the Olympics and Para- On Tuesday, the BCCI 2011. and Paralympics will pre- Wearing a white track reroute the relay if crowd- lympics that are approach- sent with 15,400 athletes had stated, “Shreyas Iyer ing becomes a problem dur- ing,” Suga told reporters. subluxated (partially dislo- suit, she carried the torch entering Japan, along with out of the J-Village indoor ing the four-month parade. Local organizers and the thousands of other officials, cated) his left shoulder in Spectators cooperated in International Olympic PUNE, MARCH 25: ing the first ODI against the injury even stronger. soccer training center and judges, VIPs, media, and the 8th over while fielding. Naraha Town, just down Committee hope the relay Injured India batsman England on Tuesday and he “You know what they say, was surrounded by 14 other broadcasters. He has been taken for fur- the road from where the will turn public opinion in Shreyas Iyer has left the is set to undergo surgery, the greater the setback, the members of that 2011 Athletes will be kept in a ther scans.” torch started its trip. A few Japan in favour of the bio-secure bubble here af- which will rule him out of stronger the comeback. I World Cup squad and coach “bubble” like atmosphere in Iyer had led Delhi Capi- hundred people stood on Olympics. Sentiments ex- ter he was ruled out of the action for a minimum four shall be back soon,” Iyer Norio Sasaki at the rear. Tokyo and will be limited to tals to the final in the previ- the roadside and were pressed in polls in Japan so ongoing ODI series against months. tweeted. They were also decked out the Athletes Village on ous edition of the IPL. safely spread out. far are overwhelmingly neg- England as well as the en- “Shreyas Iyer has exited “I’ve been reading your in white track suits. Tokyo Bay, the competition In his absence, the DC “At first I didn’t think ative with about 80% sug- tire IPL starting next month the bio-bubble,” the BCCI messages and have been The ceremony was closed venues and training areas. captaincy could be handed much of it,” said 20-year- gesting another delay or even as he vowed to come said on Thursday ahead of overwhelmed by all the out- to the public because of the Most others will be outside to either Rishabh Pant, old Takumu Kimura. “But cancellation. back even stronger. the second ODI here. pouring of love and sup- fear of spreading COVID-19 the bubble and will be kept Australian Steve Smith or when I actually saw it, it felt The relay and the Iyer dislocated his left Earlier in the day, Iyer port. Thank you from the but was streamed live. at a distance from the ath- senior off-spinner R Ash- like: — yes, it’s the Olympics both stir fear that shoulder while fielding dur- vowed to come back from bottom of my heart to win. “The torch of Tokyo 2020 letes. will become a bright light Olympics.” the events could spread the Organizers announced a for hope for Japanese citi- Setsuko Hashimoto, a 63- virus. There is also opposi- few days ago that fans from zens and citizens in the year-old local resident, was tion to the soaring cost of abroad will be banned from Gaganjeet Bhullar, Shubhankar Sharma world and a light at the end emotional as the torch staging the Olympics, now attending the Olympics and of the tunnel,” said Seiko passed. put officially at $15.4 bil- Paralympics. Most volun- Hashimoto, the president of “Ten years ago there was a lion. Several audits suggest teers from abroad have also make cut at Kenya Savannah Classic the local organizing com- nuclear accident so (seeing it’s twice that much and a been ruled out. mittee and a former the torch) it felt like I could University of Oxford study Organizers are to an- NAIROBI (KENYA), MARCH result. Olympian herself. really look forward to some- says these are the most ex- nounce the venue capacities 25: Indians Gaganjeet Bhullar and In the second round, Bhullar had Homare Sawa, the thing and live,” she said. pensive Olympics on in April. Ticket revenue for Shubhankar Sharma landed an eagle four birdies and an eagle against two biggest star on the 2011 “When you become my age, record. the Olympics was to be and a birdie, respectively, on the clos- bogeys, while Sharma had six birdies team, missed the ceremony. this is the last Tokyo The relay is a big test for $800 million but will be se- ing hole to make the midway cut at the against a double and two bogeys. She is being treated for a Olympics and it’s here. It the upcoming Olympics verely reduced by the lack of Kenya Savannah Classic here. Chawrasia, who was in trouble after condition affecting her in- was very touching.” with fear among the public fans. Japanese government However SSP Chawrasia, despite a 75 in first round, needed a blinder on ner ear and had to withdraw Prime Minister Yoshihide that the event could spread entities will have to make getting six birdies on the front nine of the second nine. He did have a sensa- from the event. Suga chimed in from Tokyo the virus to rural and more up the shortfall. the course and his own second nine, tional stretch with six birdies, but that missed out at the halfway stage with still saw him fall well short. rounds of 75-66. Daniel van Tonder eagled each of Chinki leads gold rush, is a Tokyo certainty Bhullar sitting the wrong side of the the three par fives at Karen Country cut-line at 3-under, holed his second Club as the South African moved into a NEW DELHI, shot on par-4 ninth, his closing hole to one-stroke lead at the halfway point. MARCH 25: In a historic leap to 5-under and make the week- The 30-year-old, who won four of first, the Indian girls swept end cut. birdie on the 18th to stay on in the his seven Sunshine Tour titles in the the podium places in the 25 Sharma, sitting pretty at 6-under for tournament and he did. 2020 season, had ten threes on his metre pistol competition. 29 holes made things difficult for him- Bhullar, second at Qatar Masters card on day two in Nairobi – three of Chinki Yadav pipped her self with a double bogey on par-5 12th and tied 16th at Kenya Open, will have them birdies and three of them eagles – more experienced and ac- and bogeys on 16th and 17th. a chance to make up over the weekend as a seven under par 64 added to his complished teammates That left him with a task of getting a as will Sharma, who is due for a good opening 65 for a 13 under pat total. Rahi Sarnobat and Manu Bhaker in the closely con- tested final. Both Chinki and Rahi, Ishan, Suryakumar deserve to be part of who finished 1-2, started shots. Rahi had fought back the win. Rahi, meanwhile, was slowly after failing to score from eighth early on to sec- The win also puts away all happy the way the competi- hits, ie shots registering ond. speculation about Chinki’s tion went.