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Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony: Naomi Osaka lights torch as Games officially begin

USA TODAY

  • The Tokyo Olympics officially begin Friday with the opening ceremony in Japan.
  • U.S. flag-bearers are Sue Bird (women's basketball) and Eddy Alvarez (baseball).
  • Roughly 200 members of U.S. delegation expected to march.

TOKYO — The Olympics are officially here.

The Tokyo 2020 Summer Games started with the opening ceremony, which aired live in the U.S. on Friday on NBC one day shy of when it was originally scheduled to take place in 2020. NBC will re-air the event later Friday (7:30 p.