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10 months ago
Geoff Berkeley
at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium
Geoff Berkeley

Aichi Nagoya 2026 officials receive OCA flag in handover ceremony

A handover ceremony is taking place here.

Firstly, a Torch is passed to OCA Acting President Randhir Singh by Yao Gaoyuan, Mayor of Hangzhou.

Singh then gives the Torch to Ohmura Hideaki, Governor of Aichi Prefecture and Nakata Hideo, Deputy Mayor of Nagoya City.

The official OCA flag is then passed through the hands of Yao and Singh to Hideaki and Hideo.

The two Japanese officials both take it in turns to wave the flag to mark the official passing of the baton to Aichi Nagoya 2026.


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