Volleyball player Benjamin Toniutti arrives with the Olympic flame in the port of Sète
After its crossing aboard the Belem, the Olympic flame returned to sea this Monday by boarding a training boat to reach Sète via the Etang de Thau.
And it was the international volleyball player Benjamin Toniutti, Olympic champion in Tokyo and four times French champion with the city club, who was responsible for protecting her during the crossing.
The Olympic flame will ascend the steps of the Cannes Film Festival on May 21
The Olympic flame will ascend the steps at the Cannes Film Festival on May 21, carried by French Paralympic athlete Arnaud Assoumani, organizers announced on Monday.
“Paris 2024, in agreement with the Cannes town hall, offers the flame to the Festival on its red carpet,” they indicated in a press release, while the festival opens Tuesday and will end on May 25.
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Taïg Khris crosses the Millau Viaduct on roller skates with the Olympic flame in his hand
Triple world champion in the discipline, Taïg Khris took the Olympic flame rollerblading on the famous Millau Viaduct this Monday.
“Symbolically, being able to carry the flame on roller skates is just incredible,” said Taïg Khris, also known for having jumped (via a ramp) from the first floor of the Eiffel Tower on roller skates in 2010. “In addition, on this place, at the Millau Viaduct, the slope was perfect, the road was perfect. It even made me want to go just flat out, I had to restrain myself a little so as not to gain too much speed, because I could have. going at I don’t know how many km/h but the atmosphere, the feeling, the place, it’s really a lot of emotions.
After Marseille, the Var and even the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in recent days, the torch relay is stopping off in the Occitanie region, with an arrival planned in Montpellier this Monday.
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