Whether Games will go ahead is currently in question because of the coronavirus pandemic. FMTNews Tokyo
Greek actress Xanthi Georgiou holds up the torch during the flame lighting ceremony.
Actress Xanthi Georgiou, in the role of high priestess, used a parabolic mirror in a scaled-down ceremony closed to spectators at the site of the ancient Greek Olympics to ignite the torch and mark the start of a torch relay.Tokyo Games organisers as well as the International Olympic Committee have insisted the Games will go ahead as planned amid mounting speculation that they could be cancelled or postponed as the virus spreads rapidly across the globe.
“The Tokyo Games are delivered by an all-star, all-Japan team with outstanding support and cooperation on all levels of government,” he told a small crowd of invited guest on a sun-drenched morning inside the ancient stadium, nestled in the western Peloponnese. The World Health Organisation described the coronavirus outbreak as a pandemic for the first time, prompting more countries to announce drastic measures.
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