Who's Going to Light the Olympic Torch?
Naomi Osaka Lights Olympic Cauldron at Tokyo Opening Ceremony. World No. 2 Tennis Player Naomi Osaka, Who Represents Japan, Served as the Final Olympic...
Naomi Osaka lights Olympic cauldron at Tokyo Opening Ceremony. World No. 2 tennis player Naomi Osaka, who represents Japan, served as the final Olympic torchbearer for the Tokyo Olympic Games, lighting the Olympic flame during Friday night's Opening Ceremony.
Who will be lighting the Olympic torch 2021?
- Tennis star Naomi Osaka lights the Olympic flame to signal the start of the Tokyo Olympics. ...
- Former New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui is serving as one of the torch bearers. ...
- The Olympic flame has arrived at Olympic Stadium in Tokyo. ...
- A person is depicting each of the 50 Olympic events in a demonstration.
Who chooses who lights the Olympic torch?
It is now the Organising Committee for the Games which is responsible for selecting all the torch-bearers. From the 1990s onwards, the Organising Committees have involved Games sponsors in their torch-bearer selection process.