Almost 100 days before the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, the Olympic flame will be lit on Tuesday at the ancient site of Olympia, in Greece, before a huge journey that will take it from the Acropolis to Paris, notably via French Polynesia.
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After two editions marred by restrictions linked to the Covid-19 pandemic, in 2020 and 2021, for the Tokyo and Beijing Olympics, the traditional ceremony of lighting the flame in the cradle of the Olympics regains all its colors for Paris 2024.
In the sanctuary of Olympia, in Greece, in front of the 2,600-year-old ruins of the temple of Hera, the “high priestess”, dressed in a costume inspired by antiquity, will proceed on Tuesday, April 16, to the lighting. of the flame in front of around 600 guests, including the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach. As every other year, the ceremony takes place near the stadium where ancient young athletes played their first games in VIII.e century BC
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