the Olympic flame was officially handed over by Greece to the French delegation

The Olympic flame was officially handed over by Greece to the French delegation on Friday 26 April at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens. A step that marks a new milestone before the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on 26 July. The relay has started 16 April with the lighting of the flame at the archaeological site of Olympia, the birthplace of the ancient games, and continued with a 5,000 km long route through Greece. Nana Mouskouri, one of the most famous Greek singers, very linked to France, will be invited to perform during this handover, the broadcast during a special edition on franceinfo channel 27 from 16:30.

An arrival in France scheduled for May 8. Lthe last torchbearer on Greek soil, Ioannis Fountoulis, silver medalist in water polo at Tokyo 2020 Games, will light the cauldron, where the “high priestess” will lower a torch, which she will send to the president of the Hellenic Olympic Committee, Spyros Capralos, who in turn will hand it over to the Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris 2024. The arrival of the flame is scheduled in France on May 8.

Marseille, first leg of flame on French soil. As soon as the torch is in tricolor hands, it will set off for the port of Piraeus to board the legendary three-masted ship Belem against Marseille. Marseille will mark this event on Friday with cultural and sports events open to all. Of At 9 p.m., a show of 800 luminous drones will set the sky on fire. Kendji Girac, still hospitalized after a gunshot wound, had to cancel his planned concert at the Esplanade de la Major.

A relay throughout France. 8 May will mark the start of a long torch relay across France. The symbol of the Olympic Games will travel to more than 400 cities, crossing around sixty territories, including overseas, until it arrives in Paris on July 14. This relay will offer a dive into the history of France by highlighting important places. The pool will then be installed in the Tuileries Gardens, between the Louvre Museum and the Place de la Concorde, during the fortnight of the Games.

A multitude of personalities as flame bearers. Among the French celebrities who will be exchanged during this journey, we find the star chef Anne-Sophie Pic, the actor Jamel Debbouze, the singer and actor Patrick Bruel and the astronaut Thomas Pesquet. On the sports side, former footballer Jean-Pierre Papin, Olympic windsurfing champion Franck David, former Olympic medalist Fabien Gilot as well as handball player and triple Olympic champion Michaël Guigou will be there.