Tokyo Olympics: Opening ceremony LIVE — 19 Indian athletes to take part — Updates, blog
19 Indian athletes will soon be marking their presence in the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics today. Follow our LIVE updates from the event.
India at Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremony
A total of 19 Indian athletes from seven sports and six officials will participate in the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony on Friday.
From hockey, only flag-bearer, men's team captain Manpreet Singh, will participate in the ceremony. This is for the first time India will have two flag bearers. Manpreet will be joined by the legendary boxer Mary Kom. The ceremony is scheduled to begin at 4.30 PM IST.
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That's all we had from the opening ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The Games will star full fledged tomorrow. Do not forget to join in for our LIVE coverage of the quadrennial event from tomorrow.
Emperor Naruhito officially opens the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
The President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, has taken over from Hashimoto and is addressing the gathering.
The head of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Seiko Hashimoto is currently addressing the limited gathering at the National Stadium in Tokyo.
The host nation, Japan, enters the stadium to the loudest cheer of the evening. And with that the country parade comes to a close at the National Stadium in Tokyo.
Tonga's Pita Taufatofua continued his tradition of going shirtless during Olympic opening ceremonies in Tokyo.
The music being played at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics are background scores from popular video games.
Hend Zaza, a 12-year-old table tennis player, walked as the joint flag bearer for the country of Syria in the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics. She is also the youngest athlete to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics.
The attention is on the big nations vying to top the medal tally but what about an island nation with the lowest population?
One of the world's smallest competing nations at this year's Tokyo Olympics will be Tuvalu. The country/island is located in the Pacific Ocean and boasts of a population that amounts to around 12,000 individuals.
The 2020 Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony had the country of Swaziland walking in with its new name, 'Eswatani,' earlier. Swaziland competed in the Olympics for the first time during the 1972 Munich Games, before missing the next two editions. They have been a regular feature at the Games since the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics but will compete with their new name for the first time after the country's king changed its name to Eswatani in 2018.