The route of the Olympic flame in Boulogne sur mer on July 3, 2024 – credit: Radio6
Sebastien Foissel
07:44 – July 03, 2024
The Olympic flame will arrive at Boulogne-sur-Mer beach for a 4 km relay to the Stade de la Libération. 24 torchbearers from the Entente de Lutte Côte d’Opale will exchange the flame before passing it to 19 official torchbearers chosen by sponsors. Activities will mark the route to the Stade de la Libération.
The details of the route with Sébastien Foissel:
“It is by convoy from Boulevard Sainte-Beuve that the Olympic flame will arrive in Boulogne sur mer at 10:10 a.m. At 10:40 a.m., it will be welcomed by 24 athletes from the Entente Lutte Côte d’Opale club. They have rehearsed a 3’50” choreography. To be experienced on the San Martin promenade.
The flame will pass through Nausicaà and in front of its large bay before reaching the Quai Gambetta. The group of the Soleils Boulonnais will set the mood. The flame will take the Marguet bridge to reach the casino and then the Entente Cordiale bridge. It will be invited to the market on Place Dalton.
Courage to the torchbearers who will have to go up the Grande-rue, pass by the boulevard du Prince Albert, enter the old town by the Gayole gate. A welcome from the knights of the county, jugglers and fire-eaters will accompany the flame from the town hall to the Notre Dame basilica, to come out again on Boulevard Eurvin and make its grand entrance at the Stade de La Libération at 11:50 a.m. The flame will leave the Capital of the Opal Coast at 12:04 p.m.
19 torchbearers will exchange the flame throughout the course, but who are they?
Sébastien Foissel:
“The flame will pass from hand to hand every 200 m. There will be 19 torchbearers, including:
The most media-friendly and best-known is Ludovic Vampouille. The Boulogne native and firefighter in Marquise created the cardiogoal in 2010. You have to pass and throw a kind of oval ball into a triple vertical basket. For months, he has made it his duty to transmit the Olympic values in schools and clubs with the wooden reproduction of the Olympic torch.
Enzo Bruno, a disabled swimmer from Boulogne who swam across the Channel, is one of them.
There is also a football coach in Etaples, Yannick Lalisse.
Damien Clément, the Boulogne marathon fan, came 243rd in New York.
Arcelor Mittal employees, a runner from Saint-Omer, French espoir champion, Antonin Marquant and Sophie Lebreuilly from the famous bakeries and pastry shops.
All day long, from 10am to 5pm, there will be entertainment at the Stade de la Libération. Jérôme Duhautoy, head of major events in Boulogne sur mer:
The city mobilized more than 1000 schoolchildren from schools in Boulogne on the event as well as all the sportsmen from the clubs. A great moment of union to experience at the Stade de la Libération according to Anne Lelan, deputy for sports in the city of Boulogne sur mer:
