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Japan’s oldest Olympian, at 70, will compete again

March 10, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Nesha Starcvic The Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — When Hiroshi Hoketsu first went to the Olympics in 1964, he was 23 and the games were in his native Tokyo. Now nearly 71, Hoketsu will be going to the Olympics again this summer — to compete, not to watch.

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2012, Beijing Games, Beijing Olympics, Belgium, FRANKFURT, France, Germany, Japanese Olympic, Johnson Johnson, Kikuko Inoue, London, Oscar Swahn, Tokyo, Vol 31 No 11 | March 10 - March 16

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