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16 April 2024 1. Olympia 2. Amaliada 3. Elis 4. Gastouni 5. Pyrgos 6. Zacharo 7. Filiatra 8. Pylos 17 April 2024 1. Pylos 2. Methoni 3. Koroni 4. Tripoli 5. Mycenae 6. Nafplio 7. Piraeus 8. Port of Piraeus 18 April 2024 1. Kastellorizo 2. Agios Nikolaos 3. Knossos 4. Heraklion 5. Rethymno 6. Chania 19 April 2024 1. Port of Piraeus 2. Athens International Airport 3. Santorini 4. Naxos 5. Paros ...
The torch was split into 12 parts and visited 12 different cities across France. The French leg ended during the opening ceremony when it was used to light the Paralympic cauldron. The cauldron was erected at the Tuileries Garden's central fountain. [1] [2] [3] In total, the relay visited 50 cities and had 1000 torch bearers.
The Olympic torch relay is the ceremonial relaying of the Olympic flame from Olympia, Greece, to the site of an Olympic Games. It was introduced at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, as a way for Adolf Hitler to highlight the Nazi claim of Aryan connections of Germany to Greece. [1] It has taken place prior to every Games since.
The torch relay: It started with a confused torch bearer entering an empty Stade de France, where a conventional Opening Ceremony would be. But because Paris staged this one along the Seine, it ...
Snoop Dogg has already arrived in Paris, tweeting a photo on Tuesday of himself in the Olympic host city with the caption: “U ready? Paris 2024 Olympics ya digggg.” Paris 2024 Olympics ya ...
Then, once the Olympic torch arrives at the host country, the 68-day long Olympic torch relay begins. For the 2024 Paris Olympics, the torch relay began in Marseille, roughly eight hours south of ...
The French Olympic Committee commissioned Mathieu Lehanneur (born 1974), [1] [2] to design the cauldron, torch, and ceremonial cauldrons along the torch relay route: Lehanneur developed a concept of having these three items symbolise France's national motto, "Liberté, égalité, fraternité" ("Liberty, equality, fraternity"), and gold, silver, and bronze medals respectively. [3]
The Olympic torch will finally enter France when it reaches the southern seaport of Marseille on Wednesday. The Belem was first used in 1896, the same year the modern Olympics came back. It will ...