JOC official denies harassing 2010 medalist

JOC official denies harassing 2010 medalist

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Seiko Hashimoto, 49, a member of the House of Councillors and a Japanese Olympic Committee official. According to the weekly Shukan Bunshun magazine's edition that went on sale on Aug. 20, 2014, Hashimoto, also president of the Japan Skating Federation, forced Daisuke Takahashi, Vancouver Olympic figure skating bronze medalist, into letting her repeatedly kiss him during a party after the Sochi Olympics in February, an allegation denied by Hashimoto the same day.

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