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Tennis star Naomi Osaka had the honour of lighting the Olympic cauldron early Saturday AEST, at the end of four hour ceremony tinged with pandemic melancholy and a moment of high tech that wowed the watching world.
The first hour of the ceremony took a sombre look at the state of the world and the virus that meant the games were delatyed by a year and have to be played out in front of empty stands.
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The Tokyo 2020 Olympics kicked off Friday with the Opening Ceremony almost a year to the day from their intended start date in July 2020.
In March 2020, the International Olympic Committee agreed to postpone the Games until 2021 due to concerns over Covid-19. The event was originally set to begin on July 24, 2020 and end on Aug. 9, 2020. The IOC president and the Prime Minister of Japan have concluded that the Games . must be rescheduled to a date beyond 2020 but not later than summer 2021, to safeguard the health of the athletes, everybody involved in the Olympic Games and the international community, a statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee read.