In 2008, I was the torch bearer for the Nagano leg of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games torch race and the flag bearer for the Japanese national team at the opening ceremony.

2008年，我在北京奥运会火炬接力活动的长野站中担任火炬手，并在北京奥运会开幕式上以旗手身份率领日本代表团入场；

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At the Indy 500 race in May, Helio Castroneves of Brazil took the checkered flag for the third time in his career, just weeks after a jury had cleared him of U.S.

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After all, Facebook's record on privacy matters is as chequered as the flag that marks the end of a Formula One race.

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By definition symbols convey meaning, and people therefore tamper with them at their peril (witness the mixed emotions of race and tradition when the Confederate flag is flown in the South, or the horror when some white supremacist burns a cross or daubs a swastika).

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Gearheads - this is the checkered flag of a new race about to begin.

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