The Paris 2024 Olympic Torch Lighting and Handover Ceremony will take place on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. This momentous occasion marks an important milestone in the history of the Paris 2024 Games and begins a process that will culminate in the cauldron. capital of France. The Olympic flame for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will be lit in Ancient Olympia, Greece, and then transported across Greece to Athens, where it will be presented with a delegation from the Paris 2024 Organizing Committee on Friday, April 26, at 5:00 p.m. The awards ceremony will be held at the Panathenaic Stadium.30:30pm
After the handover, Rama will spend the night at the French embassy in Athens and will board the Belém the next day for Marseille in southern France, arriving on May 8th. This event will be broadcast live. You can access the Olympic Channel for free.
After that, the torch relay will begin. The relay will take him two months to travel across France, connecting with local communities and creating excitement in the months leading up to the Olympics.
The Olympic torch will visit places such as Lascaux (in southwestern France), which is home to famous cave paintings. Medieval fortress of Carcassonne (Occitania). Palace of Versailles and castles in the Loire Valley. The Olympic torch will also illuminate great buildings such as churches and abbeys, including Normandy's iconic Mont Saint-Michel.
During the relay, 10,000 torchbearers will travel to more than 400 towns and cities, including overseas regions such as Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, French Polynesia and Réunion, before heading to Paris for the opening ceremony on July 26th. arrive.
The Olympic Torch Relay is a modern invention inspired by ancient Greek customs, marking the start of the Olympic Games and sending a message of peace and friendship throughout its journey. It was first used at the 1936 Berlin Games.
