The flame that will burn at the Paris Olympics has been formally handed over to French organizers. The ceremony on Friday was held in the all-marble stadium where the first modern Games were held in Athens in 1896.
flame was formally handed to French organizers on Friday in the all-marble stadium where the first modern Games were held in Athens in 1896.
Greek water polo player Ioannis Fountoulis, the last in a long line of torchbearers, used the flame to light a cauldron at the Panathenaic Stadium. From there, it was delivered to Paris 2024 chief Tony Estanguet. A few moments of suspense followed as assistants struggled to light the lantern that will carry the flame to France.Safely in the lantern, the flame will depart for France on Saturday on a 19th century sailing ship across the Mediterranean Sea, to make landfall 12 days later in the southern port city of Marseille.at Olympia in southern Greece, where the ancient games were held for more than 1,000 years from about 776 B.C. to A.D. 393.
From Olympia’s ancient stadium, a relay of torchbearers carried it along a 5,000-kilometer route through Greece, which included several islands andParis main airport unveils new baggage handling system ahead of the 2024 OlympicsThe Olympic flame will be housed overnight in the French Embassy, to leave Athens’ port of Piraeus on Saturday on theThe Belem is due in Marseille on May 8, ahead of a relay through France leading to the opening ceremony in Paris.
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