THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (IOC), THOMAS BACH, TODAY MET FOR THE FIRST TIME THE REFUGEE ATHLETES WHO WILL BE COMPETING FOR THE IOC REFUGEE OLYMPIC TEAM IN TOKYO. PRESIDENT BACH WAS ACCOMPANIED BY UN REFUGEE AGENCY (UNHCR) HIGH COMMISSIONER FILIPPO GRANDI.
Tennis star Osaka lights Olympic Cauldron as delayed Tokyo 2020 opens
Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka ignited the Cauldron as the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games began a year later than planned in front of a near-empty stadium.
WOMAN IS BOSS
Five-time Olympian Kelly-Ann Baptiste will have the perfect start to Tokyo 2020 when she carries the “Red, White and Black” during the Parade of Nations at today’s opening ceremony, at the Olympic Stadium here in Japan.
Kelly Ann Baptiste Team TTO TOKYO 2020 Opening Ceremony Flag-Bearer
TEAM TTO female sprinter Kelly-Ann Baptiste will make history by becoming this country’s first female flag-bearer at an Olympic Games when the opening ceremony of the July-23-August 8 Tokyo 2020 Games takes place at 7 a.m. (TT) time Friday.