Europe1 .fr with AFP 11:23 a.m., February 3, 2023, modified at 11:25 a.m., February 3, 2023
The Olympic flame for the Paris 2024 Olympics will begin its journey in the South of France, in Marseille.
The first stage of his journey, the organizers announced on Friday.
The route of the Olympic flame in France, before the Paris Games, will begin in the spring of 2024 in Marseille, the first stage of its journey across the country, the organizers announced on Friday.
"It was a fairly natural and obvious choice," Tony Estanguet, president of the Paris Olympics organizing committee (Cojo), told AFP, hailing a city "passionate about sport, warm, popular and multicultural". and also evoking Marseille's link with Greece, the Massalia colony having been founded by Greeks around 600 BC
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Marseille will be the 1st city to welcome the flame in 2024!
Coming from Athens, the flame will cross the Mediterranean aboard the Belem to launch the Olympic Torch Relay.
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“Marseille will be the first city to host the flame in 2024! Coming from Athens, the flame will cross the Mediterranean aboard Le Belem to launch the Olympic Torch Relay,” the committee wrote on Twitter.