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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.
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 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 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 ...
The 68-day Olympic torch route for the 2024 Paris Olympics began on Wednesday, May 8 in Marseille, France. Since then, the Olympic torch has crossed through 64 territories in France, finishing in ...
Watch as the design of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Torch is unveiled on Tuesday 25 July, with one year to go until the Games. Ahead of the opening ceremony on Friday 26 July 2024, the ...
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.
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. ... torch bearer to a ...