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Paris 2024 Olympic flame handed over to French organizers
China Daily· 25 minutes agoGreek actress Mary Mina, playing the role of High Priestess, holds the Olympic flame by the cauldron during the handover ceremony on Friday. [REUTERS/Louiza ...
Greece hands over Olympic flame to Paris Games organizers
dpa international via Yahoo Sports· 5 hours agoThe event took place in the Panathenaic Stadium, built entirely of marble, where the first modern ...
'24 Olympic Flame to Ride 3-Masted "Belem" to French port of Marseille
MarineLink· 10 hours agoSeveral thousand fans and tourists sat in the stands of the horse-shaped marble stadium on a...
Paris organizers take delivery of Olympic flame at Greek venue of first modern Games
The News-Times· 7 hours agoThe Paris Oympics flame was formally handed to French organizers on Friday in the all-marble stadium...
Greece Hands Olympic Flame To 2024 Paris Games Hosts
International Business Times· 7 hours agoGreece on Friday handed over the Olympic flame of the 2024 Games to Paris organisers in a ceremony at the Athens marble stadium where the competition was...
Photos: Paris receives Olympic flame in Athens
CW39 NewsFix· 5 hours agoThe flame that will burn at the Paris Olympics has been formally handed over to French organizers.
Olympic Highlights 22-04-2024
Olympics.com· 4 days ago...Commission, Margaritis Schinas; Paris 2024 Organising Committee President Tony Estanguet; the President of the French National Olympic Committee and...
The cost-benefit analysis of hosting the Olympics
The Week via Yahoo Finance· 2 days agos famous Bird's Nest stadium "cost $460 million to build, requires $10 million a year to maintain, and has sat mostly unused since the 2008 games," while...
Chinese swimmers head to Paris Olympics under a cloud amid row over handling of drugs tests
CNN.com· 3 days agoA dispute over the handling of a 2021 case in which 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned...
Louvre exhibition zooms in on history and those behind the modern Olympics
RFI via Yahoo Sports· 3 days agoThree months before the start of the Paris Olympics, the Louvre will add its cultural heft to the...