Paris 2024 flame to be lit on Apr 16: Organisers

PARIS: The Paris 2024 Olympic Games flame will be lit on Apr 16, marking the countdown to the Jul 26 to Aug 11 event in the French capital, organisers said on Friday , confirming an earlier Reuters story.

The flame will be lit at Greece's ancient Olympia, the birthplace of the Games, and will remain in the country until its departure to France from Athens on Apr 27.The torch relay will stay in metropolitan France - notably going through Montpellier, Corsica, Bordeaux and the Mont Saint Michel - until Jun 7, when it will leave the port city of Brest by boat for a relay in France's overseas territory. It will return to mainland France by boat on Jun 18.

It will then travel through Strasbourg, Reims and Lille among others before a relay in Paris on Jul 14 to Jul 15. In a traditional ceremony at the site of the ancient Games, an actress playing a high priestess lights the torch for every Games - summer or winter - using a parabolic mirror before passing the flame to the first torchbearer at the edge of the ancient Olympic stadium in Olympia.Paris organisers have said they will use a three-masted ship the Belem to take it the port city of Marseille, where the sailing competitions of the Olympics will take place.

Paris 2024 organisers have been planning to install the Olympic flame on the Eiffel Tower, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters last month.

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