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Japanese superfan Kyoko Ishikawa attends the judo of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Champ-de-Mars Arena, in Paris on July 27, 2024. — Photo: Jack Guez/AFP
Now she is making up for lost time in the French capital, armed with a sheaf of tickets and determined to spread the message of Olympic peace and friendship wherever she goes. Children and adults stopped to say hello, taking group photos with her and exchanging Olympic pin badges under the sweltering Paris sun.
"Until then, you could only meet the people who actually went to the Olympics, but in Tokyo, because you had to watch it online, you met other people doing the same," she said.Japanese superfan Kyoko Ishikawa had not missed a Summer Games since 1992 until a pandemic-enforced spectator ban meant she had to watch an Olympics taking place in her home city on TV.
She has since attended every Summer Games in person bar Tokyo, and has got to know other Olympic superfans from around the world.
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