The Olympic flame sets off, heading for the Paris games! During this immutable ritual, which symbolically takes place on the site of the ancient games, a stone’s throw from the Temple of Hera in Olympia, the flame will be lit and then it will begin its journey. Thousands of kilometers across Greece, first, to the port of Piraeus; then Marseille on May 8, followed by a tour of France to Paris… On this occasion, RFI receives the president of the organizing committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Cojop) live from Olympia, Greece.
French President of the Organizing Committee for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games (Cojop), Tony Estanguet, delivers a speech during a press conference three months before the Olympic Games at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games headquarters, in the suburb of Saint-Denis, April 10, 2024. AFP – BERTRAND GUAY Greek actress Mary Mina, who plays the role of the high priestess, holds the Olympic flame during the rehearsal of the flame lighting ceremony for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the ancient temple of Hera at the archaeological site of Olympia, cradle of the ancient Olympic Games in southern Greece, on April 15, 2024. AFP – ARIS MESSINIS
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