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Tokyo 2020 Olympics torch lighting ceremony to be held without spectators

Miraitowa, mascot for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, holds an Olympic torch during a ceremony marking one year before the start of the games in Tokyo. (file photo/AFP)
Miraitowa, mascot for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, holds an Olympic torch during a ceremony marking one year before the start of the games in Tokyo. (file photo/AFP)
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09 Mar 2020 08:03:15 GMT9
09 Mar 2020 08:03:15 GMT9

 The Tokyo 2020 Olympics torch-lighting ceremony in ancient Olympia this week will be staged without spectators as organisers protect the event from the coronavirus, Greece's Olympic Committee said on Monday.

The Olympic torch will be lit in Olympia at a scaled-down ceremony on March 12 before a seven-day relay that will culminate with a handover ceremony in Greece on March 19

Reuters

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