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Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay begins

 

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay begins

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Azusa Iwashimizu (L), member of Japan women's football national team, lights the torch from the celebration cauldron during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay Grand Start at the J Village on March 25, 2021 in Naraha, Fukushima, Japan. (Photo by Kim Kyung-

Today is the Grand Start of the Olympic Torch Relay for the Tokyo 2020 Games in 2021 and here's everything you need to know about the upcoming events, as the flame begins its 121-day journey across the 47 prefectures of Japan. 

The Australian Olympic Committee acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of this nation.

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of all the lands on which we are located. We pay our respects to ancestors and Elders, past and present.

We celebrate and honour all of our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Olympians.

The Australian Olympic Committee is committed to honouring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ unique cultural and spiritual relationships to the land, waters and seas and their rich contribution to society and sport.