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(Photo by Jean Catuffe/Getty Images)
(Photo by Jean Catuffe/Getty Images)
Tennis player Naomi Osaka is the final torchbearer to carry the flame, lighting the Olympic cauldron during the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on July 23, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan.

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