D-1 before the arrival of the Olympic flame on French territory. The torch will arrive in Marseille on Wednesday after its journey from Greece aboard the Belem, this famous three-masted ship as thin as a bird. Florent Manaudou will be his first carrier on our soil, before Thursday’s relay through the city, in which Zinédine Zidane will not participate.
The name of one of the most famous children of the Marseille city has come up frequently behind the scenes for several weeks, but Samia Ghali has turned the rumor around. “No, we will certainly not see Zinédine Zidane,” said the deputy mayor on Tuesday in the show “Apolline Matin”, on RMC.
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“At the same time, you will have other Marseille champions who made Marseille shine, like Didier Drogba,” continued the elected official, also mentioning the names of Jean-Pierre Papin, Basile Boli, Louisa Necib, and Colette, “the oldest OM supporter”.
In addition to athletes or the like, artists like the rapper Soprano will carry the flame to several emblematic places in the city, from the Notre-Dame de la Garde basilica to the Stade Vélodrome. There will also be personalities from civil society such as Nathalie Paoli, co-founder of the Le Point rose association which supports parents who have lost a child, whose godfather is none other than Zinédine Zidane.