The president of France, Emmanuel Macronsuggested on Tuesday that the final relay of the Olympic torch to be lit in the cauldron on Friday at the opening of the Paris Games could Marie-Jose Perecthe only French three-time Olympic athletics champion.
“There are great legends. I think Marie-Jo, it’s clear that…” responded Macron, leaving the phrase in suspense before the microphones of France 2, France Inter and franceinfo, when asked about the identity of who may have that honor. . at the opening ceremony.
Marie-José Pérec, now 56, won the 400 meters at Barcelona Games’92 and achieved the 200-400 meters double four years later Atlanta’96.
The identity of the last reliever is always the best kept secret of every Olympic event. The French press says that about a dozen people know who he is now. In fact, the president of the Paris 2024 organizing committee, Tony Estanguet, said this Sunday that the one who will light the cauldron does not yet know that he has been chosen. In the last two days, perhaps the chosen one has received news.
In addition to Perec, in France they pointed to four other main candidates as the final bearer of the Olympic flame, the former soccer player. Zinedine Zidanethe actor Omar Sythe astronaut Thomas Pesquet either anyone who survived or survived the attacks that claimed the lives of 130 people in the terrorist attacks that took place in Paris on November 13, 2015.
On the other hand, Macron showed his enthusiasm for the upcoming Olympic Games. “We will welcome the world, it is a great pride,” exclaimed the French president.
Macron especially highlighted the opening ceremony next Friday, which for the first time will not take place in a stadium, but in the center of the city, with a parade of boats on the waters of sign which promises to be amazing.
“No country has tried before what we are going to do with the Seine,” he said in an interview with the public television channel France 2, which took place in an open-air studio in TrocaderoIn front of Eiffel Tower.
The ceremony will end there, where nearly 200 boats will make their way down the river six kilometers from the Austerlitz bridge, passing some of the city’s main monuments and museums.
The president emphasized the important work carried out to ensure security in such a complex event, with more than 300,000 spectators.
He also emphasized that the Paris Games will be the “most sustainable, most inclusive and the first completely equal” Games.
However, Macron carefully avoided confirming what seemed to be an open secret: a public reappearance of the Canadian singer. Celine Dionretired from the stage for several years due to health problems, although he did make several studio recordings.
“It would be tremendous news” if Dion is seen in public again, he said in one of the occasions when he was asked about this issue.
“There will be artists from all over the world, from France. French history is part of universal history,” he said simply.
In addition to Dion, other world figures in music and entertainment, such as Lady Gagahave been spotted on the streets of Paris these days, sparking speculation that they may perform at the opening ceremony.
Source: La Verdad
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