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Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka lights Tokyo Games cauldron with Olympic flame

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The star tennis player takes the Olympic flame for the final time. She heads up to the stairs to the stunning cauldron, and that is the 2020 Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony. You'll be able to follow it all with us on our live blogs as we bring you all the action.

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Times of India

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Naomi Osaka lights flame as Tokyo's 'games of hope' open

Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka on Friday lit the Olympic cauldron to mark the formal start of Tokyo 2020, in an opening ceremony shorn of glitz and overshadowed by a pandemic but celebrated as a moment of global hope.

3 years ago·India

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BBC News

Tokyo 2020 Olympics officially opened

The Tokyo 2020 Games are officially under way as Naomi Osaka lights the Olympic flame in a poignant opening ceremony.

3 years ago·United Kingdom

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Yahoo News

'Hope Lights Our Way': Naomi Osaka Lights Olympic Cauldron at Opening Ceremony in Tokyo as Games Begin

Naomi Osaka lit the cauldron with the Olympic torch, which was handed off several times after entering the stadium

3 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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News18 India

Tennis Star Naomi Osaka Lights Tokyo Olympics Cauldron as Games Open

Tokyo Olympics: Naomi Osaka lifted the torch to the gleaming cauldron, which had unfurled at the top of a ramp representing Mount Fuji, in the highlight of the opening ceremony.

3 years ago·India

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The Guardian

Naomi Osaka provides spark at subdued opening of Tokyo Olympics

Ceremony began as the most downbeat in Olympic history but finished in spectacular fashionTokyo Olympics – live updatesAmid the darkness of the Tokyo skyline, a moment of hope and raging illumination. After nearly four hours of an opening ceremony that veered from the sombre to the spectacular, the Olympic flame was passed to the face of these Games, Naomi Osaka. As the steps of the Mount Fuji stage opened up before her, Japan’s globally recogni…

3 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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