THE CEREMONY
The event took place on the morning of Tuesday 16 April in front of the ruins of the ancient Temple of Hera and in the presence of the president of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach
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There are still just over one hundred days left until the opening ceremony of the 2024 edition of the Olympic Gamesbut the adventure of the five-circle review officially began in Olympiad where the “sacred fire” was lit. In front of the ruins of Temple of Heradating back approximately 2,600 years, the actress Mary Mina used the reserve flame created yesterday due to the cloudy sky which prevented the sun’s rays from converging inside a parabolic cylindrical mirror.
An unmissable event which will involve Greece in the next few days and which saw the participation of the president of the International Olympic Committee
Thomas Bach welcomed by his Greek counterpart
Spyros Kapralosby the President of the Greek Republic
Katerina Sakellaropoulouby the mayor of Paris
Anne Hidalgo and by the French Secretary of State for Francophonie and International Partnerships
Chrysoula Zacharopoulos which saw the birth of a new sporting era.
To the tune of the Olympic anthem performed by the mezzo-soprano
Joyce DiDonato the torch has passed into the hands of
Stefanos NtouskosOlympic rowing champion in
Tokyo 2020 who will be succeeded by the swimmer
Laura Manaudouwho won his first Olympic title in the 400 m freestyle at
2004 Athens Olympic Games. All for a journey lasting almost one hundred days which will cross the Peloponnese before heading by boat and heading towards France where it will reach
Marseille next May 8th.
2024-04-16 09:54:22
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