Greece hands flame to host Paris

By Agence France-Presse

Apr 28, 2024 12:05 am

ATHENS: Greece on Friday handed over the Olympic flame of the 2024 Games to Paris organizers in a ceremony at the Athens marble stadium where the competition was revived nearly 130 years ago.

Hellenic Olympic Committee Chairman Spyros Capralos handed the torch to Paris Olympics chief organizer Tony Estanguet at the Panathenaic Stadium, where the first modern Olympics were held in 1896.

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