Current location:Culture Cross news portal > world
Paris organizers take delivery of Olympic flame at Greek venue of first modern Games
Culture Cross news portal2024-05-08 10:25:07【world】3People have gathered around
IntroductionATHENS, Greece (AP) — The Paris Oympics flame was formally handed to French organizers on Friday in
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The Paris Oympics flame was formally handed to French organizers on Friday in the all-marble stadium where the first modern Games were held in Athens in 1896.
Greek water polo player Ioannis Fountoulis, the last in a long line of torchbearers, used the flame to light a cauldron at the Panathenaic Stadium. From there, it was delivered to Paris 2024 chief Tony Estanguet.
A few moments of suspense followed as assistants struggled to light the lantern that will carry the flame to France.
“It wants to stay in Greece,” Estanguet joked.
Safely in the lantern, the flame will depart for France on Saturday on a 19th century sailing ship across the Mediterranean Sea, to make landfall 12 days later in the southern port city of Marseille.
The flame was kindled on April 16 at Olympia in southern Greece, where the ancient games were held for more than 1,000 years from about 776 B.C. to A.D. 393.
Address of this article:http://bahamas.quotesbonanza.com/content-69a799174.html
Very good!(992)
Related articles
- Stormy Daniels admits she hates Trump: Porn star reads his posts calling her 'horseface' in court
- Xi Story: Beacon of China's Reform and Opening up, Shenzhen Prospers Under Xi
- Countries need to foster synergy in restoring biodiversity
- Lao PM says China taking concrete actions to deepen global anti
- Jurors should have considered stand
- UN chief, Turkish president promise to work for peace in Ukraine
- Xi Presents Order to Promote Military Officers to Rank of General
- Xi Focus: CPC Leadership Meeting Calls for Rallying Powerful Force to Advance National Rejuvenation
- Stormy Daniels: Takeaways from Trump hush money trial testimony
- World Giraffe Day celebrated in Yongin, South Korea
Popular articles
Recommended
Thiago Silva to return to Brazilian club Fluminense after leaving Chelsea at the end of the season
Aswan Forum kicks off in Egypt with focus on multidimensional crises in Africa
China adopts targeted measures to bolster foreign trade growth
Comicomment: U.S. 'spying' China
Jewish student is ordered to leave Oxford encampment after refusing to sign up to radical pro
21 bodies found at crash site of Nepali plane
Xi Focus: CPC Leadership Meeting Calls for Rallying Powerful Force to Advance National Rejuvenation
China to relax foreign investment rules amid further opening up
Links
- Suzhou Strengthens Family Education
- Federations Use Online Database to Better Help Disadvantaged Women, Children
- Establishing Guidance System for Family Education
- Spring Bud Blooms on Daliang Mountain
- Offices Help Mediate Family Disputes
- Federations Help Women Protect Rights Through Hotline
- Liaoning Helps Residents Improve Marital, Family Relations
- Federation Improves Women's Rights
- Procuratorate, Federations Strengthen Protection of Women, Children's Rights, Interests
- Spring Bud Blooms on Daliang Mountain