(3)Runners relay Olympic torch in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Former professional baseball player Kazushige Nagashima starts running as the first torchbearer in the Olympic torch relay in Tokyo on June 6. His father Shigeo Nagashima, the manager of the national baseball team which is set to compete in Athens, was originally selected to run in the relay but is now undergoing rehabilitation from a stroke he suffered in April.

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