🔴 Live: Paris 2024 flame ceremony begins in Greece's ancient Olympia
France 24 - 2024-04-16T03:01:12.000Z

The sacred flame for the Paris 2024 Olympics is to be lit Tuesday in ancient Olympia, birthplace of the ancient Games, for an epic torch relay stretching from the Acropolis to the South Pacific. Follow

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