Paris 2024 Olympics torch lit in ancient Olympia, event starts July 26

Greek actress Mary Mina, playing the role of the High Priestess, lights the torch during the flame lighting ceremony for the Paris 2024 Olympics Games at the ancient temple of Hera on the Olympia archeological site in southern Greece, on April 16, 2024 – AFPBackup flame was used due to cloudy weather. of the event’s commencement on July 26.

Paris has secured the opportunity to host the summer Olympics for the third time, following 1900 and 1924. “We are longing for something which brings us together, something that is unifying, something that gives us hope. The Olympic flame that we are lighting today is the symbol of this hope.”The torch of the relay’s first runner, Stefanos Ntouskos, Greece’s Olympic rowing champion, was subsequently lit by Mina.medallist in swimming and the leader of Paris’ Olympic torch relay, representing the host city.

The flame will then set sail for France the next day aboard a three-masted ship, the ‘Belem’, and is expected to arrive in Marseille on May 8. Up to 150,000 people are anticipated to attend the ceremony at the Old Port in the southern city.

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