WATCH: Thomas Bach praises togetherness at Opening Ceremony
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IOC President Thomas Bach reflected on the pandemic in his speech at the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic Games, and offered words of hope, saying that the feeling of togetherness at the Olympics “is the light at the end of the dark tunnel.”