Yoko Ono has reacted to her and John Lennon‘s classic, ‘Imagine’, being used during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Tokyo.Kicking off today (July 23), the ceremony marked the official opening of Tokyo 2020, a year later than planned, after it was postponed due to the global coronavirus pandemic.Held at Tokyo’s new Olympic Stadium, socially distanced and masked athletes walked out and waved to empty stands – something acknowledged by Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).“Yes, it is very different from what all of us had imagined,” he said during the ceremony. “But let us cherish this moment because finally we are all here together.”After the athlete parade, a number of drones formed a globe above.
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