The Olympic flame arrives in Marseille amid an 'unprecedented level of security,' 79 days before the opening ceremony of the Paris Games.
The Olympic torch has reached Marseille amid an "unprecedented level of security", 79 days before the opening ceremony of the Paris Games.
Officials said 6,000 law enforcement officers, canine units and elite forces snipers will be on patrol. The president of the Paris 2024 organising committee Tony Estanguet, said Marseille was the "obvious choice” to host the boat parade given it is France's oldest city and was founded by Greeks."It's something we've been waiting for for a very long time. The Games are coming home," added Estanguet, referring to French aristocrat Pierre de Coubertin, who revived the idea of the Games as practised by the Greeks until the 4th century BC.
"It can only be a good thing for the economy and for everything else, for the image of the city. So I'm proud of it."
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