The Olympic flame of the 2024 Games in Paris was lit
The Flame of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris was lit in Ancient Olympia, which gave important starts on the way to the Games. Thousands of people gathered at the historic birthplace of the Olympic Games in Greece to witness the Olympic flame lighting ceremony. The event took place on the eve of 100 days before the start of the Games, and before the Olympic flame goes to France, it will begin its journey through Greece. After arriving in Marseille on May 8, the flame will travel across the country and through some overseas territories of France, and then arrive at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on July 28. The President of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach, was among the honored guests attending the special ceremony. He was joined by French Sports Minister Amélie Oudea-Castera, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo and Paris 2024 President Tony Estange. Three-time Olympic champion in canoe slalom and former Vice-president of the International Canoe Federation, Mr. Estange, said that France is ready to welcome the Olympic Games. "It is a great pride and honor for us to host the Olympic Games in the country of their founder Pierre de Coubertin, where we maintain a very strong and special connection with Olympism" "After the first participation of women in the Paris Games in 1900 and the establishment of the first Sports Village in Paris in 1924, we are ready to write a new chapter in the great Olympic history with the third Games in Paris, France.We would like to thank the IOC and Thomas Bach for their constant help and support over the years, which have allowed us to conceive and create Games that are not only spectacular, but also more responsible, especially from an environmental point of view, which will make them even more exceptional.Together we will organize the great Games, and they will begin today with the Olympic Torch relay!" Vere-sur-Marne will host the Olympic rowing and canoeing competitions in Paris in 2024: the rowing slalom will be held from July 27 to August 5, and the canoe sprint from August 6 to August 10.
