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Olympic torch is lit in spectacular ceremony in ancient Olympia to mark 100-day countdown for the Paris 2024 Games... with flame to arrive in France next month ahead of July 26 opening ceremony
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April 16, 2024
The torch for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games was lit in ancient Olympia in a traditional ceremony on Tuesday, marking the final stretch of the seven-year preparations for the Games' start on July 26. Greek actress Mary Mina, playing the role of high priestess, lit the torch using a backup flame instead of a parabolic mirror due to cloudy skies for the start of a relay in Greece and France. It will culminate with the lighting of the Olympic flame in the French capital at the opening ceremony.
Former French Olympian who first won Olympic gold at the age of 17 to be the first French Torchbearer as the Olympic flames route to the 2024 Olympic Games set to begin
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April 15, 2024
A former Olympic champion is set to become the first French torchbearer of the 2024 Olympic Games. This year's Olympic flame will travel from Olympia, Greece, the home of the Olympic Games to this year's host country France. The Olympic flame is expected to make it's much anticipated journey from Greece to France on Tuesday, April 16 after a ceremony at the sanctuary of Olympia.