A flame bearer from Reims follows in the footsteps of the Olympic flame in Greece with his daughter who suffers from cystic fibrosis

“It gives us a taste of what we will be able to experience on 30 June“. From Greece, Mélanie, Rémoise, travels in the footsteps of the Olympic Games. On June 30, she will bearer of the flame during the relay in Marne, in honor of his eight-year-old daughter, Elsa, who suffers from cystic fibrosis.

But while they wait for the event in France, Mélanie, her partner and daughter have gone to Greece and are using the trip to visit all the important sites in the country related to the Olympic Games. “We visited the city of Marathon, we were able to see the museum with a good portion of the Olympic flames! We visited the Corinth Canal, where Belem passed and where we see extraordinary pictures, it’s huge!“The final step will be to visit Olympia.

Mélanie explains feeling many emotions throughout this trip, “sometimes a little tear comes“All this means a lot to this mother who has to fight every day with her daughter and her illness. That’s why she decided to apply for the torch relay in France.”Originally it was someone who registered my daughter. But the application came back to us negatively because she was under 15 years old. So I decided to do it for her“.