French former canoeist and president of the organising committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024, Tony Estanguet, holds the torch during the Olympic flame handover ceremony at Panathenaic Stadium in Athens on 26 April 204. (Milos Bicanski/Getty Images)
The Olympic flame arrives in France on Wednesday where a highly
choreographed ceremony and a crowd of 150 000 people will be a first
major test for organisers and security forces ahead of the 2024 Paris
Games.
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