The ceremony marks the start of the flame’s journey from Greece to its final destination in Paris for the opening ceremony on July 26.
Also in this week’s Olympic notebook, Black hockey player has groundbreaking moment, French president adds to Olympic tension with RussiaGreek actress Xanthi Georgiou, playing the role of the High Priestess, lights up the torch during the flame lighting ceremony at the closed Ancient Olympia site, birthplace of the ancient Olympics in southern Greece, Thursday, March 12, 2020. We are 112 days from the Opening Ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, which will be held on July 26.
A group of women create the flame by holding a torch to a mirror and using the suns rays to ignite fire. From there, the flame will be taken by ship to France, where it is scheduled to arrive in Marseille on May 8 to begin the torch relay around France.Less than two years before the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy, there was a groundbreaking piece of history during a game at the women’s hockey world championships in New York last week.
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