General view as Yoshinori Sakai, a student born in Hiroshima on the day the first atomic bomb devastated the city, carries the torch up the stairs to light the cauldron during the opening ceremony for the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games in the National Stadium on October 10, 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. 5,151 athletes from 93 nations participated in the XVIII Olympiad.

Yoshinori Sakai, born at Hiroshima on the day the first atomic bomb was dropped on the city, holding the Olympic torch beside Greek actress Aleka Katseli during a rehearsal for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games at Tokyo.

Yoshinori Sakai, who was born in Hiroshima on the day the first atomic bomb devastated the city, lights the Olympic Flame in Tokyo's main stadium during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, on October 10, 1964.

Yoshinori Sakai, who was born in Hiroshima on the day the first atomic bomb devastated the city, lights the Olympic Flame in Tokyo's main stadium during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, on October 10, 1964.

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