Wipeout of an Olympic dream for a godfather of Japanese surfing
The Peninsula
ISUMI, Japan: Whenever Teruo Adegawa arrives at Taito Beach, other surfers recognize him right away. Dressed in a Hawaiian shirt and shorts, the 78-year-old steps out of his car, leaving his walking stick by the passenger seat.
Taichi Horimoto, 60, still wet from surfing, comes over. He tells Adegawa, or "Ted san" to everyone here, how he heard about the Olympic torch relay getting canceled - the latest in a long line of headaches for the Games in a year still haunted by the pandemic. "It's a real shame," Horimoto says. "You were training so hard."More Related News