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The famous Franco-Greek host was chosen to present the lighting ceremony of the Olympic flame in Olympia (Greece), Greece, this Tuesday April 16.
Like a symbol. Nikos Aliagas, the flagship Franco-Greek presenter of TF1will return to the lands of his ancestors to present the lighting ceremony of the Olympic flame in Olympia, this Tuesday, April 16.
“The ancestral ritual is very moving…” Nikos Aliagas said on his X account, posting images of the ceremony rehearsal.
Rehearsals in the sanctuary of Olympia for the lighting of the Olympic flame which will arrive in France in a few weeks… The ancestral ritual is very moving… pic.twitter.com/yJ7EfsiGWx
— Nikos Aliagas (@nikosaliagas) https://twitter.com/nikosaliagas/status/1779849960965468473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
This exercise, in such an emblematic place, is done “with a lot of humility”, declared Nikos Aliagas, to AFP, adding that “symbols have great importance in Greece.”
An arrival of the flame in Marseille on May 8
The ceremony will take place in the sanctuary of Olympia, in front of the 2,600-year-old ruins of the Temple of Hera.
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According to tradition, the flame will be lit this Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. in Greece before a journey of several weeks until its arrival in Marseille on May 8.
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The first relay will be given to the Greek Stefanos Douskos, Olympic rowing champion in Tokyo in 2021, who will pass the flame to the famous French swimmer Laure Manaudou.
