As has been a tradition for decades, the preview of all the Olympic Games begins with the tour of the Olympic flame that is lit in the city of Olympia in Greece, where the first Games were held. With just over a year to go before the start of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, the Mayor’s Office of the French capital and the organizing committee announced this Monday that the torch will arrive in the City of Light on July 14, 2024.
In a presentation collected by EFE and directed by Anne Hidalgo, mayor of Paris, together with Tony Estanguet, president of the organizing committee, at the Carnavalet Museum of Paris history, the arrival of the Olympic flame will coincide with the commemoration of the Day of the taking Bastille, considered the national holiday of France.
“It is an extraordinary opportunity for our country to tell who we are, with our defects and qualities, our history and our possible projection in the future,” Hidalgo said at the press conference.
As reported by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on its website, the flame will be lit on April 16 and will arrive in Marseille on May 8, from where it will begin the journey through at least 65 French territories including Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, French Polynesia and Reunion, which are overseas territories.
After this trip of more than two months, the torch will spend two days in Paris and will travel through the 20 capital districts, including monuments and historical places such as the Arc de Triomphe, the Champs Elysees and the Louvre museum. After this tour of the Parisian periphery, the torch will return to the capital on July 26 for the opening of the Games.
The Paris Olympic Games will take place between July 26 and August 11, 2024.
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