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Philip Barker
at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo
Philip Barker

Greece lead socially distanced Parade of Nations

Greece are the first team in the parade, as they have done since 1928 to honour their heritage as the home of the Olympics in ancient times.

Women were not allowed in the ancient Games, so 2016 gold medal-winning shooter Anna Korakaki made a little history when she ran with the Torch in the stadium precincts as Tokyo’s first Torch bearer back in March 2020.

Here she’s joined by another first Torch bearer Eleftherios Petrounias. Nicknamed "the lord of the rings", he carried the flame in 2016 and won gold in - yep, you guessed it - the rings gymnastics event.


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