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Glamour and glitz as Tokyo 2020 Olympics begin

Mercy Moim and Andrew Amonde carry Kenya's flag during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium at the 2020 Summer Olympics on July 23, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.

The Tokyo 2020 Olympics began in earnest yesterday in Japan with the opening ceremony made more colourful by a range of technological showboating by the hosts.

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