NBC Connecticut

Olympic Torch Lighting 2021: How Long Has the Olympic Flame Been Burning?

The Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics featured the lighting of the Olympic cauldron at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium by tennis star Naomi Osaka. The Olympic cauldron was lit by a torch, but the torch ...
Mediaite

WATCH: Naomi Osaka Lights the Olympic Cauldron in First Major Public Appearance Since Opting Out of French Open

Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka was revealed as the final torchbearer at the Tokyo Games, lighting the Olympic cauldron. It’s tradition to keep the final torchbearer at the Olympics a secret until ...
NBC Bay Area

Let the Games Begin: Naomi Osaka Lights the Olympic Cauldron

Tennis superstar Naomi Osaka lit the cauldron at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Games, ending the flame’s long journey from Greece to these delayed Olympics. The four-time Grand Slam winner, who ...
WTA

Tokyo 2020: Osaka becomes the first tennis player to light the Olympic Cauldron

The Tokyo Olympics are underway after a unique and moving opening ceremony, and it was Naomi Osaka who officially set the event into motion when she lit the Olympic Cauldron. The four-time Grand Slam ...
NBC Los Angeles

Torchbearers who have lit Olympic cauldron: Notable names, full list of people, what it means

Plenty of traditions will take place before the 2024 Olympics get underway. None, though, are as symbolic as lighting the Olympic cauldron. Every two years, host nations put on an immersive ceremony ...