The Paris 2024 Olympic flame sailed for France on Saturday on board a three-masted ship to mark the final sprint of preparations ahead of the Olympic Games opening ceremony on July 26.
Item 1 of 5 The sailing ship Belem departs with the Oly mpic flame from Greece for the 2024 Paris Games, from the port of Piraeus, Greece, April 27, 2024. REUTERS/Louisa GouliamakiThe sailing ship Belem departs with the Oly mpic flame from Greece for the 2024 Paris Games, from the port of Piraeus, Greece, April 27, 2024. REUTERS/Louisa GouliamakiATHENS, April 27 -
Paris Games organisers had received the flame on Friday in a ceremony at Athens' Panathenaic stadium, site of the first modern Olympics in 1896, following last week's lighting in ancient Olympia that kicked off an 11-day Greek relay leg.An estimated 150,000 spectators are expected to attend the ceremony at the Old Port of Marseille, which will host the Olympic sailing competitions and be the start of a 68-day French torch relay across the country.
Organisers hope the opening ceremony, in which 160 boats carrying athletes from around the world will travel a six kilometre route towards the Eiffel Tower, will deliver a jaw-dropping spectacle.
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