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Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games: Opening Ceremony

Tuesday, 24 August 2021

insidethegames is reporting LIVE from the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games

By Geoff Berkeley and Michael Houston at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo

Timeline

2 years ago: The Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games comes to a close
2 years ago: Kamiji, Uchida and Morisaki light the Paralympic Cauldron
2 years ago: Paralympic Torch Relay enters the stadium
2 years ago: The Little One-Winged Plane takes off
2 years ago: Paralympic Oath
2 years ago: Athletes and key workers carry International Paralympic Committee flag to mast
2 years ago: Emperor Naruhito officially declares the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games open
2 years ago: Parsons describes Paralympians as a "force of nature"
2 years ago: Hashimoto says athletes have the power to "change the world"
2 years ago: Tokyo 2020 can deliver a "safe" Paralympics, insists IPC President Parsons
2 years ago: Tokyo 2020 President Hashimoto thanks key workers in Opening Ceremony speech
2 years ago: Protest staged outside the Olympic Stadium
2 years ago: The Little One-Winged Plane set to take flight
2 years ago: Hosts Japan enter the stadium to round off the Parade of Nations
2 years ago: Volunteer carries absent New Zealand's flag
2 years ago: RPC enter the stadium under neutral name and flag
2 years ago: Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Prime Minister Suga watch the ceremony
2 years ago: Refugee Paralympic Team leads the Parade of the Nations
2 years ago: The Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games is underway
2 years ago: New Zealand skip Opening Ceremony over COVID-19 fears
2 years ago: Welcome to our Live Blog from the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics

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