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Naomi Osaka Lights Cauldron at 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games Opening Ceremony

Bleacher Report | July 23, 2021

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Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka was selected as the final torchbearer and lit the Olympic cauldron during the Opening Ceremony of the 2021 Summer Games on Friday in Tokyo.

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ud83cudfbe<a href="https://twitter.com/naomiosaka?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@naomiosaka</a> is your final Olympic flame torchbearer and has lit the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Olympics?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Olympics</a> cauldron ud83dudd25<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Tokyo2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Tokyo2020</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OpeningCeremony?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#OpeningCeremony</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UnitedByEmotion?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UnitedByEmotion</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/StrongerTogether?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#StrongerTogether</a> <a href="https://t.co/PQLe8FmX2v">pic.twitter.com/PQLe8FmX2v</a>

Osaka, a four-time Grand Slam champion, is one of the marquee athletes in this year's Olympics with a chance to deliver a gold medal to the host nation in women's tennis.

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