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The torch relay will start from there on May 8, with 10,000 torchbearers taking turns to carry it - the last of them lighting the cauldron at the opening ceremony. Once lit in Ancient Olympia, Greece, the flame will be transported by boat to the southern French city of Marseille. school playgrounds made inclusive and accessible for all Drugs, weapons and cash seized in provincewide police initiative to.

Paris is using the same torch design for both the Olympics and Paralympic Games. Organizers said 2,000 torches - five times fewer than for some previous editions of the Olympics - are being produced from recycled steel.Įach one weighs 1.5 kilograms (3.3 pounds) and is 70 centimeters (27.5 inches) tall. LVMH and Kerings recent purchases could reignite 'the war of the sharks,' a long-standing rivalry between the billionaires. Paris organizers unveiled French designer Mathieu Lehanneur’s torch design Tuesday - part of a week of activities that mark the year-to-go countdown to the July 26 opening. Bernard Arnault and Francois Pinault’s Real Estate Rivalry Heats Up. The torch that will be used to carry the Olympic flame around France and on its final leg at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Games next July is a sleek silver-colored cylinder of recycled steel that is gracefully tapered at both ends and is being made in limited numbers to save resources.

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