There will be 10,000 torchbearers to carry the Olympic flame which will cross around sixty French departments from May to July 2024, the organizers of the Paris Olympics explained on Tuesday May 30 during a press conference. Swimming champions Laure and Florent Manaudou have been appointed to be “the captains” of this French Olympics torch relay, as well as Dimitri Pavadé (long jump) and Mona Francis (paratriathlon), we learned on Tuesday . Kick-off of the Olympic Games, the flame, which will be lit in Olympia in Greece as tradition dictates, will arrive by sea in Marseille aboard the three-master Bélem on May 8, 2024. It will then begin a journey through France. until July 26, 2024, the opening night of the Paris Olympics, and “will launch the start of the celebrations”, explains the committee.
