Sports stars, survivors of terror attacks and a 102-year-old French Resistance veteran among 10,000 set to carry flame
Actor Mary Mina, playing an ancient Greek high priestess, holds the Olympic torch at a ceremony in Athens before it began its sea journey to France.Actor Mary Mina, playing an ancient Greek high priestess, holds the Olympic torch at a ceremony in Athens before it began its sea journey to France.t will be one of the longest Olympic torch relays in history.
Other notable locations on the itinerary include Mont Saint-Michel, the Normandy beaches of the D-day landings and the space centre at Kourou in French Guiana. “The torch is magical for its symbolism and for those who carry it,” the French sports minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra toldMore than 150,000 spectators and 6,000 police officers are expected in the Mediterranean port city of Marseille on Wednesday night as the lantern carrying the Olympic flame arrives inPiles of rubbish were being hastily cleared from streets in Marseille on Tuesday after refuse collectors went on strike ahead of the concerts and festivities which have been...
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