The torch will travel to different parts of the country and will arrive in the Parisian city on July 26 to begin the sports ceremony.
The Paris Olympic flame began his journey towards France this Saturday, aboard a three-masted ship for the final stage before the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games to be held in the French capital from July 26 to August 11.
The “Belem” set sail on the morning of port of Piraeus for a journey of 11 days and will arrive on May 8 to the city of Marseille, founded by Greek settlers from Phocaea around 600 BC
The organizers of the Games in Paris 2024 They had received the flame on Friday in a ceremony at the Panatenaico stadium of Athens, site of the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, after being lit last week in the ancient Olympia which began an 11-day relay stage in Greece.
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It is expected that some 150,000 spectators attend the ceremony at Old Port of Marseillewhich will host the sailing competitions and will be the start of a French torch relay throughout the country that will last 68 days.
The last torchbearer in Marseille will climb to the roof of the Velodrome stadium on May 9. The relay will end in Paris on July 26 with the lighting of the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games on the banks of the Seine River.
The organizers hope that the opening ceremony, in which 160 boats with athletes from all over the world They will travel a six kilometer journey towards the Eiffel Tower, an emblem of the French capital, offers an astonishing spectacle. Some 300,000 spectators They will have the opportunity to witness the celebration.
The country’s security forces are on high alert as the Games take place against the backdrop of the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.
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