Ludovic Franceschet will be one of the torchbearers on the route of the Olympic flame in the capital. "I will not carry the flame as a cleaner or as a garbage collector, but as someone committed to the planet," he said.
He will participate in the relay on July 15 in the streets of the capital, without having more details until then. The Olympic flame for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games was lit this Tuesday at the ancient site of Olympia in Greece. On May 8, at 7 p.m., it will arrive on French territory in the Old Port of Marseille. The opening ceremony will take place on July 26. The flame will be lit at the Olympia site in Greece, nearly 100 days before the opening ceremony in Paris. The torch will then travel across France until it arrives in the French capital on July 14, at 9 a.m. local time (GMT-8) The flame is expected to arrive in Paris on July 16.