Tokyo (AFP)

Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka, the last torchbearer, lit the Olympic cauldron on Friday, which now shines in Tokyo, host city of the Games of the XXXII Olympiad, delayed for a year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The flame will remain lit at the Olympic Stadium until the end of the Games, on the evening of Sunday August 8, after two weeks of competition during which 11,090 athletes from around the world - 206 delegations - will compete for the 339 titles at stake, in 33 sports. .

© 2021 AFP