This Japanese couple’s honeymoon was wrecked by travel restrictions, but their resourcefulness while stranded in Cape Verde has won them appointments as the country's Olympic team ambassadors
The Kataokas had completed a third of their round-the-world trip when a suspension in long-haul flights stranded them for five months in the archipelago of 10 tiny islands off the coast of West Africa.
But Cape Verde’s Olympics officials were so intrigued by the ties the couple had built with locals that they decided to include the Kataokas in their team heading to the rearranged games in Tokyo next July. Cape Verde, who have never won an Olympic medal despite participating in every summer Games since 1996, hope to take three or four athletes to Tokyo.
“It was our interest to accompany them on their journey as well making them part of our adventure in Japan.”
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