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During the band's performance, the masked torchbearer turns up and uses the Olympic flame to light up the stage for French singer Aya Nakamura, who performed a mashup of three songs: "Pookie", "Djadja" and some stanzas from "For me formidable", in front of the Institut de France in a special brass version with the Choir of the French Army and ...
Mysterious masked torchbearer captivates the internet Throughout the ceremony, a mysterious hooded and masked figure whizzed across a zip line from rooftop to rooftop, and along the Seine, as the ...
A torchbearer carries the Olympic flame over a building along the Seine River during the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 in Paris, France on July 26, 2024.
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The first well-known major athlete to light the cauldron was nine-time Olympic champion Paavo Nurmi at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. Other famous final torch bearers include 1960 decathlon gold medallist Rafer Johnson, who became the first person of African descent to light the cauldron at the 1984 Summer Olympics, [1] French football star Michel Platini (), heavyweight boxing champion ...
Snoop Dogg has expanded his 2024 Summer Olympic duties to include torchbearer. ... grew up watching the Olympics” and is “thrilled to see the incredible athletes bring their A-game to Paris. ...
The final torchbearer, Olympic gold medalist diver He Chong (何冲) was accompanied by two children, Xiong Yuxiang (熊钰翔) and daughter of director, Chen Jiayu (陈佳雨). The trio used the flame to light the fuse of a traditional Chinese firecraker that produced an explosion which ignited the cauldron tower directly above it.
A three-time Olympic gold medalist in judo, he triumphed in the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Games. All of this had been a tightly guarded secret until the Olympic torch snaked through a rainy Paris on ...