Flame for Tokyo 2020 Games lit in birthplace of ancient Olympics

Source: Xinhua| 2020-03-12 18:13:04|Editor: huaxia

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece, March 12 (Xinhua) -- The flame for this summer's Tokyo Olympics has been lit in ancient Olympia, Greece.

From Ancient Olympia, the flame will travel through Greece for eight days and then be handed over to Tokyo 2020 organizers on March 19 at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, where the first modern Olympics were staged in 1896.

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