The flame for the Paris Olympics will be kindled at the stunning site of the ancient games in southern Greece one way or another
The Commandant of the historic Belem ship Aymeric Gibet, walks at the port of Katakolo, about 311 kilometers southwest of Athens, Greece, Monday, April 15, 2024. Built the same year the first modern Olympics were staged in Athens, in 1896, the Belem will carry the flame for the Paris games from the Greek capital's port of Piraeus to Marseille -- a former ancient Greek colony in southern France.
From the ancient stadium in Olympia, a relay of torchbearers will carry the flame more than 5,000 kilometers through Greece until the handover to Paris Games organizers in Athens on April 26. The first torchbearer will be Greek rower Stefanos Douskos, a gold medalist in 2021 in Tokyo. He will run to a nearby monument that contains the heart of French Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the driving force behind the modern revival of the games.
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