After an 11-day journey through Greece, the flame will be transported to France for the opening ceremony of the Games on July 26.
The Olympic flame of the Paris Olympic Games-2024 was lit today at the archaeological site of Olympia, in Greece. However, due to the cloudy sky over the enclave that hosted the first Olympic Games of Antiquity, the lighting could not be carried out with the sun’s rays as required by classical tradition, but with a reserve flame preserved since the general rehearsal on Monday. .
After an 11-day journey through Greece, the flame will head towards France, with the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games on July 26 as its goal.
The lighting of the flame for the Games, which will be held until August 11, took place among the ruins of the temple of Hera, 2,600 years old, in the cradle of Olympicism and in the presence, among others, of President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach.
“In these difficult times, when wars and conflicts multiply, people are tired of hate,” launched in a brief intervention from Olympia. “We aspire for something that unites us again, something that brings us together, something that gives us hope,” he added.
“The Olympic flame that we light today symbolizes that hope,” said the German.
Inspiration
The president of the Organization Committee of the Paris Olympic Games, Tony Estanguet, also saw in the upcoming Games “more than ever a force of inspiration for all of us and for future generations.”
In Greece, six hundred relievers will pass the flame, which will travel 5,000 kilometers through seven islands, ten archaeological sites and the Acropolis of Athens, where it will spend a night next to the Parthenon.
From the Greek port of Piraeus, the llama will embark on April 26 towards Marseille, in the southeast of France, a city where it will arrive on May 8.
The symbol of the Olympic Games It will then travel throughout France, passing through the Antilles and French Polynesia.
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