2024-05-08 06:50:48
In Marseille, tens of thousands of people are expected in the Old Port this Wednesday, May 8 to welcome the Olympic flame. The Belem, the three-masted ship which transported it from the Greek port of Piraeus, is due to drop anchor around 7 p.m. This will be the start of the relay on land across 74 departments, until the opening of the Olympic Games on July 26. Interview with Samia Ghali, deputy mayor of Marseille, in charge of major events.
Workers install the temporary floating jetty at the Old Port of Marseille, where the three-masted Belem will dock with the Olympic flame on May 8, 2024. © AFP/Nicolas Tucat
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