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The #TokyoOlympics are underway. Here's a look inside the #OpeningCeremony from The @AP

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The virus-delayed Tokyo Summer Olympics finally opened Friday with cascading fireworks and made-for-TV choreography that unfolded in a near-empty stadium, a colorful but strangely subdued ceremony that set a striking tone to match a unique pandemic Games.

The virus-delayed Tokyo Summer Olympics finally opened Friday with cascading fireworks and made-for-TV choreography that unfolded in a near-empty stadium, a colorful but strangely subdued ceremony that set a striking tone to match a unique pandemic Games.

  1. 23 Jul 2021

    Japan convenes delayed Olympics as COVID resurges in Asia, staging opening ceremony in a nearly empty stadium and beginning two weeks of spectator-free events.

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  2. The world of Japanese comics and graphic novels is being showcased as placards for country names at the are using manga speech bubbles, and the costumes for the placard bearers and assistants have manga touches in their design.

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  3. Does the music sound familiar? More than 5,700 athletes and officials are marching to tunes from classic video games like , and .

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  4. 23 Jul 2021

    A moment of silence was offered inside the stadium at the opening ceremony of the . Tributes were paid to those lost during the pandemic and the Israeli delegation that was killed at the Munich Games in 1972.

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  5. 23 Jul 2021

    Athletes paraded into Tokyo’s National Stadium on Friday night, cheered only by competitors or by the performers lining their route.

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  7. A proud day for all the strong women in Tonga and the Pacific. Great Job Malia Paseka and all the Tongan athletes proudly carrying the Tongan flag out into the world

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  8. 23 Jul 2021

    Japanese baseball greats Sadaharu Oh, Shigeo Nagashima and Hideki Matsui helped deliver the Olympic torch at Tokyo's opening ceremony. The trio combined for 1,819 major league home runs in Japan and America, led by Oh's 868.

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  9. So proud to be in the Olympic Stadium to see the Olympic cauldron lit - featuring three baseball legends Hideki Matsui, Shigeo Nagashima, & Sadaharu Oh - after it's long journey, signalling the opening of ,

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  10. 23 Jul 2021

    When Naomi Osaka lit the Olympic cauldron, she became the first tennis player and one of the few active athletes to be given the honor of completing the global torch relay.

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  12. Undoubtedly the greatest athletic achievement and honor I will ever have in my life. I have no words to describe the feelings I have right now but I do know I am currently filled with gratefulness and thankfulness ❤️ love you guys thank you.

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  13. For the new Japan. For racial injustice. For female athletes. For tennis. What a moment when Naomi Osaka lit the Olympic cauldron to open (from )

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  14. 23 Jul 2021

    The 2020 Tokyo Olympics are officially open. After a colorful but subdued devoid of spectators and featuring mostly masked athletes, the Olympic cauldron was lit by tennis star Naomi Osaka.

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