The Olympic flame will arrive this Wednesday in France. At the end of the day, after a long maritime parade (weather permitting), Florent Manaudou will establish himself as the first torchbearer on French soil. After an evening of celebration, the flame will begin its journey this Thursday. In Marseille.
On the program, Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde at 8:20 a.m., the Palais du Pharo at 11 a.m., the Palais Longchamp around 4 p.m. or the Parvis of the Vélodrome stadium around 7 p.m. More than a hundred flame bearers will follow one another. Among them will be Soprano, Alexandre Mazzia (three-star chef), basketball players past and present Tony Parker and Nando De Colo, OM legends Jean-Pierre Papin, Didier Drogba, Basile Boli, Éric Di Meco and Valentin Rongier, former Olympic medalist swimmers Frédérick Bousquet and Fabien Gilot, Pascale Trinquet Hachin (foil gold medalist at the 1980 Moscow Olympics), Denis Gargaud (2016 Olympic canoe champion in Rio de Janeiro), Anouk Garnier (world record holder in rope climbing, during an attempt under the Eiffel Tower), Sébastien Foucras (silver medalist skier at the 1998 Winter Olympics in acrobatic jump), Marseille skateboarder Vincent Matheron, Alonzo , Marseille rapper or TV presenter Camille Combal…
A day during which surprises could arise…
