World No. 2 tennis player, Naomi Osaka, who represents Japan, was given the honour to serve as the final Olympic torchbearer for the Tokyo Olympic Games, lighting the Olympic flame during Friday’s Opening Ceremony of the delayed Tokyo 2020 Games.
The first two torchbearers were former Olympic athletes Tadahiro Nomura
and Saori Yoshida, who passed it off to baseball legends Shigeo
Nagashima, Sadaharu Oh and Hideki Matsui.
Hiroki Ohashi and Junko Kitagawa, a doctor and a nurse, carried the
flame to seven-time Paralympian and wheelchair marathoner Wakako
Tsuchida, who was the first Japanese athlete to win gold in both Summer
and Winter Paralympic Games. The
Paralympian passed the flame to six young athletes from middle and high
schools from regions devastated by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear
disaster. They had the honor of passing the torch to Osaka.
“Undoubtedly the greatest athletic achievement and honor I will ever have in my life,” she tweeted. “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.”The Games mark Osaka’s comeback after withdrawing from the French Open in May when she detailed her battles with anxiety and depression.
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