The radio station, FranceInter, jogged my memory this morning that the Olympic torch arrives in Marseille Could 8 on a three-masted ship. To welcome the Olympic torch to its shores, greater than 150,000 spectators are anticipated, about 6,000 safety forces, 1,000 ships are registered to take part within the nautical parade, 80 canines have inspected 4,000 boats moored on the Vieux-Port. (Data from Le Parisien Samedi 4 mai 2024 N° 24786)
Traversing French territory (hexagon, metropole and abroad), it reaches Paris for Bastille Day, July 14. Mattheu Lahnneur’s torch design will weave its manner by Paris streets July 14 and 15. One extraordinary journey can be on Line 6 crossing the Seine to the Bir-Hakeim cease.. On the shut of every day’s relay, a night of festivities can be organised. At present, no particulars can be found. In the course of the nights of July 14 to fifteen, the flame will stay at Metropolis
Corridor/Hôtel de Ville. On the night of July 15, the flame departs to journey the remainder of France, returning to Paris on July 26 for the opening ceremony (Olympics 2024 are July 26-August 11. For updates observe three Instagram accounts for the Ville de Paris: Que Faire a Paris, paris_maville and paris2024. For all festivities, go to the Metropolis of Paris webpage (translate the pages along with your browser-e.g., Google).
Uncover the incredible route on the Metropolis of Paris’s/Ville de Paris
The route covers all 20 arrodissements/districts. Get a digital glimpse of the flame’s route on the Ville de Paris’ YouTube video . The route of the paralympics is barely completely different as are the Paralympics dates: August 28-September 8.
Two Olympians made the primary Olympic Torch handover on April 16 from Greece to France. Stefanos Ntouskos, rowing gold medalist on the Tokyo Olympics handed over the flame to Laure Manaudou swimming gold medalist on the Athens Olympics.
For 2 months, earlier than reaching Paris, the torch will journey all through France. By the point it arrives for the opening of the video games, numerous symbolic torches may have handed between 10,000 torch bearers. The torch bearers for Paris come from all walks of life: artists, sports activities figures, firemen/ladies, non-profits in Paris, and many others.
Reveals in Paris associated to the Olympics
- Louvre : Olympism Fashionable Invention, Historical Legacy till September 16, 2024
- Palais Galliera: is a Collections Exhibition on the Backyard ground till January 5, 2025. Galliera has chosen 300 objects from its collections designed for sports activities and bodily actions reminiscent of horseriding, tennis, golf and bicycling, that are in contrast with on a regular basis clothes types. One part is totally dedicated to sea bathing and swimming, symbolising the democratisation of sport that got here with the top of the nineteenth century.
- Olympic Museum: 101 quai Jacques Chirac Paris fifteenth arrondissement (entry by way of Bir-Hakeim metro station)
- Centre Pompidou: When All is at Stake till August 10, 2024
For Trivia Followers
Key figures (Discovered on the Ville de Paris )
- 64 dedicated territories
- 68 days of efficient relay in France
- 65 cities on daily basis
- Greater than 400 cities crossed
- 5 abroad departments/international locations crossed: Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, French Polynesia, Reunion Island
- 11,000 bearers of the Olympic Recreation
- 1 particular person relay = 200 m = 4 minutes
- 3,000 carriers will take part on collective relays
- 1 collective relay = 24 individuals (together with a captain who carries the Recreation) = 8 minutes on common 35 federations concerned in collective relays