Tokyo 2020

PRESIDENT of the TT Cycling Federation (TTCF) Rowena Williams anticipates a new dawn for TT road cycling as Teniel Campbell becomes the first national cyclist to face the starter on the Olympic stage in a road event.

‘Teniel The First’ pedals into action

THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (IOC), THOMAS BACH, TODAY MET FOR THE FIRST TIME THE REFUGEE ATHLETES WHO WILL BE COMPETING FOR THE IOC REFUGEE OLYMPIC TEAM IN TOKYO. PRESIDENT BACH WAS ACCOMPANIED BY UN REFUGEE AGENCY (UNHCR) HIGH COMMISSIONER FILIPPO GRANDI.

Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka ignited the Cauldron as the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games began a year later than planned in front of a near-empty stadium.

Five-time Olympian Kelly-Ann Baptiste will have the perfect start to Tokyo 2020 when she carries the “Red, White and Black” during the Parade of Nations at today’s opening ceremony, at the Olympic Stadium here in Japan.

TEAM TTO female sprinter Kelly-Ann Baptiste will make history by becoming this country’s first female flag-bearer at an Olympic Games when the opening ceremony of the July-23-August 8 Tokyo 2020 Games takes place at 7 a.m. (TT) time Friday.

ROWER Aisha Chow will be TT’s first athlete to feature at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. She begins the nation’s Olympic quest at 8:40pm on Thursday.

Lighting the Olympic cauldron formally marks the end of the torch relay and symbolises the continuity between the ancient and modern Games. At Tokyo 2020, it will also mark the Olympic Movement’s commitment to a more sustainable world: this will be the first time in Olympic history that the Olympic cauldron will be powered with hydrogen.