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  • The Torch lighting ceremony in Olympia
  • The Torch lighting ceremony in Olympia, Greece
  • Greece, Japan and Olympic flags at the Torch relay lighting ceremony
  • The High Priestess at the Olympic Torch relay ceremony in Greece
  • Lighting ceremony in Ancient Olympia
  • Performers at the Olympic Torch relay ceremony in Greece
  • The Torch lit at the Olympic Torch lighting ceremony
  • Olympic Torch relay ceremony in Greece
  • 12 March 2020: First torch bearer Anna Korakaki receives the flame at the Olympic Torch lighting ceremony in Olimpia, Greece
  • Olympic Torch lighting ceremony in Olympia
  • Lausanne | Switzerland: 12 March 2020: IOC President, Thomas Bach attends the lighting of the flame ceremony held in Ancient Olympia, Greece. Summer Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
  • The first torch bearers at the Olympic Torch lighting ceremony
  • The Olympic Torch lighting ceremony in Olympia, Greece
  • The Olympic Torch lighting ceremony in Olympia, Greece
The Torch lighting ceremony in Olympia
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The first leg of the Olympic Torch Relay takes place in Greece, beginning with the Olympic flame lighting on March 12.

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