THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
July 24, 2021 at 16:35 JST
Naomi Osaka is handed the Olympic flame by a girl from one of the three hardest hit prefectures during the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami. (Takuya Isayama)
Tennis ace Naomi Osaka described being chosen as the final torchbearer to light the Olympic cauldron at the National Stadium as “Undoubtedly the greatest athletic achievement and honor I will ever have in my life.” [Read More]
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