Almost 100 days before the opening of the Paris Games, the relay of the Olympic flame began this Tuesday after its lighting at the Greek archaeological site of Olympia, during a ceremony marked by messages of hope in an international context of tension.
In Olympia, in front of the 2,600-year-old ruins of the temple of Hera, the flame of the Games that will take place in the French capital from July 26 to August 11 came to life around 12:15 local time (09:15 GMT).
Due to the cloudy sky over the enclave that hosted the first Olympic Games of Antiquity, the lighting could not be carried out with the sun’s rays as required by classical tradition, but rather using a reserve flame preserved since the general rehearsal on Monday, thanks to the intervention of the ‘priestesses’ dressed in long skirts inspired by classical Greece.
The president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the German Thomas Bach, insisted on the message of “hope” conveyed by the Olympic flame, a symbol of peace in ancient times, which was lit in an international climate marked by conflicts in Ukraine and in the Middle East. Source: news
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2024-04-20 17:19:47