LIVE – OLYMPICS: day of celebration in Marseille, for the arrival of the Olympic flame

“We are ready to take on this challenge,” assures Tony Estanguet, President of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games Organizing Committee on TF1. “It is no small thing to organize the Olympic and Paralympic Games, it is the biggest event that France has ever organized,” he said. “We are going to welcome the world, more than 200 countries, 15,000 athletes, 20,000 journalists, there will be exceptional matches,” he continued, adding, regarding the arrival of the flame in Marseille: “We had to do this arrival ceremony, welcome it the Olympic flame, reflect the image of these Games.”

“Today is the real kick-off for four months of parties, celebrations. We are so happy, so proud to start here, in Marseille, it makes so much sense,” greeted Tony Estanguet, describing the Phocaean city as “a city . of sports, a city of passion, a city of celebration.” “This arrival via Belem is spectacular, it is in the image of these games, which promise to be daring, which promise to be a little unique, we have shaken up the codes a little and we are very proud of it”, wished the president of the organizing committee.