Hours before the flames reach his city of Marseille, Yassin’s eyes sparkle. “I, who have always dreamed of entering the Velodrome and being greeted by OM fans, my dream will come true. It will not be on the football field, but in Belem. And it will be magical, we will remember this moment all our lives. » The child from the northern regions is one of the 16 young men recruited by the Caisse d’Epargne who accompanied the flames aboard the old three-masted ship.
The Belem will depart from the port of Piraeus in Athens on April 27, the day after the handover ceremony between Greece and France, and is expected to arrive in the Phocian city this Wednesday, May 8. “Coming to Marseille makes a lot of sense,” said Tony Estanguet, president of the Paris 2024 Organizing Committee. Marseille is a city of sports, holidays, passion, an Olympic city. »
Source: Le Parisien
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