Mega Sporting event officially started yesterday
With no fans in attendance, a reduced number of athletes & spectators joining the parade, the Tokyo Olympics’ Opening Ceremony Officially kicked off the Summer Games on 23rd July, Friday as tennis star Naomi Osaka lit the cauldron.
Earlier on Friday, a request from Tokyo 2020 organizers to push back Osaka’s opening match of the Olympics from Saturday to Sunday was granted ahead of the opening ceremony, fueling speculation that the four-time grand slam champion, who is making her Olympic debut on home soil, might light the cauldron.
The daughter of a Japanese mother and Haitian-American father, Osaka was born in Japan but moved to the US when she was three years old.
