Tennis Star Naomi Osaka lights Olympic cauldron at Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony

Naomi Osaka lights Olympic cauldron at Tokyo 2020

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.

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