Tennis star Naomi Osaka lights Olympic cauldron to finally start Tokyo Games
dailystar.co.ukDaily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!Tennis ace Naomi Osaka carried the Olympic torch and lit the cauldron to officially mark the start of the 2020 Games in Tokyo.The Games are finally underway after being delayed by a year due to the coronavirus pandemic, although event are set to go ahead in empty arenas with cases in the Japanese capital still high.On Friday the opening ceremony took place, with the Tokyo skyline illuminated by fireworks and almost 2,000 drones which created a glittering globe.And to put the icing on the cake, four-time tennis Grand Slam winner Osaka emerged at the Olympic Stadium to light the cauldron and get the Games up and running.Speculation over the 23-year-old, who was born in Japan, carrying the.
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