The Olympic torch relay has arrived in Burgundy! This Thursday, July 11, the Yonne was in the center of attention. Seven cities were crossed during the day: Avallon, Vézelay, Sens, Saint-Fargeau, Migennes, Chablis and, despite everything, Auxerre. Among the most notable, the legendary AJ Auxerre coach, Guy Roux, carried the flame at 6 p. m.
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19:30 It’s the end of this day. Tomorrow, Friday 12 July, the flame will travel along the Côte d’Or, from Semur-en-Auxois to Dijon. He will then head to Aube, Paris and then Picardy before returning to Île-de-France for the opening rite of the Games on July 26.
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19:27 Emeline Ndongue illuminates the flame cauldron in Roscoff Park. This is the end of this torch relay level 54! “It’s a moment of madness,” said the basketball player in response to the error. He greets the Minister of Sports, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, present for the occasion. Before addressing a few words to Guy Roux, also present, who carried the flame to the Abbé-Deschamps stadium the previous afternoon.
19:23 Basketball Emeline Ndongue arrives at Roscoff Park, to applause from the crowd!
19:19 The flame passes to Émeline Ndongue, basketball player from Auxerre, Olympic silver medallist at the London Olympics and multi-medalist. He racked up 196 caps for the French shirt before finishing his career. He is on pace to compete in the last relay of this level 54 of the torch relay: cross the Yonne on the footbridge to reach Roscoff Park. It’s incredible,” he smiles.
19:07 It’s Leen Yaghi’s turn to carry the torch. At only 17 years old, the young woman already has a wonderful career under her belt. Arriving from Syria in 2019, where she fled the civil war with her parents, she stood out through it. She would become French under-14 chess champion in 2021. At that time, she still spoke French .
“I got really stressed, but I surrounded myself with all the people I love. It’s a moment I’ll never forget,” Leen confesses after her class. “I don’t even know how to describe it. I arrived in France five years ago, I have my family, I made friends, and there I see them all, cheering me on. . . For me, I can’t make it explicit in words, it’s incredible,” continues the young woman, very excited, with a big smile.
19:01 The flame has reached the Saint-Germain cathedral in Auxerre and the bearers are now heading towards the finish line of the stage: Roscoff Park, on the left bank of the city.
18:46 Now it is Jonathan Ernie, the president of the Ultras d’Auxerre, who carries the flame of the Rue du Temple!
18:43 The flame is in the hands of Léa Rougier, apprentice in France in tableware and service. She made the categories of her with 2-star chef Jean-Michel Lorain (“La Côte Saint-Jacques” in Joigny), who previously carried the flame. in the day!
18:39 The flame passes to that of Jean-Michel Cléroy, president of the French Archery Federation.
6:30 p. m. Relays continue to carry the flame through Auxerre, along the quays of the Yonne and through the streets of the city centre.
6:19 p. m. In Roscoff Park, where the cauldron will have to be lit at 7:30 p. m. At the end of the flame’s journey, the atmosphere is there.
18:05 The relay ended for Guy Roux, 85, who did not complete the planned two hundred meters.
18:03 Guy Roux starts the replacement for Auxerre, at home, at the Stade de l’Abbé-Deschamps. For his visit, the legendary AJ Auxerre coach took things very seriously: he trained with a bottle of milk.
“One morning I wanted to realize. I thought it weighed the same, but the torch weighs a little more than a liter of milk!” he told the Olympic Channel shortly before his departure.
17:58 Guy Roux is ready to start from the Abbé-Deschamps stadium, under the watch of the Minister of Sports and Olympic Games, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra.
17:40 The highlight of the day, the level in the capital of the Yonne is the longest. 29 porters will take turns, starting with the legendary Guy Roux, who will start at 6:01 p. m. sharp.
On the program: the passage of Alain Griezmann and Emmeline Ndongue, Olympic basketball medalist. She will light the cauldron during the celebrations, in Roscoff Park, at 7:30 p. m. The Minister of Sports and Olympic Games, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra is expected to attend.
17:31 The handover ended, logically, through a winegrower from Chablis. Laurent Pinson has controlled the family estate for 41 years and at the same time manages a team of the city’s football club. A Burgundian prohibition begins on his arrival at the Cité des climats et des vins de Bourgogne, to conclude his stopover in accordance with the rules of art.
17:04 Welcome to the center of Burgundy! The torch is lit, the porters are ready, it is launched for a brief 30-minute relay. Louis-Armand Paris, 17 years old, sets off alone, without explorers or security, in the middle of the vineyards. An epinal symbol of Burgundy.
16h45. 1h15 Before his passage, Auxerre already observes the flame with his feet in company. In Roscoff Park, the site of the celebrations, entertainment is offered. On the show: hip-hop or 3×3 basketball battles.
16:37 End of the adventure in Migennes! We will meet in about twenty minutes in the center of the vineyards, in Chablis.
16:29 Here is the first collective relay! The archery team of Brienon-sur-Armançon puts on a show. The 22 archers, plus 4 disabled archers, shoot at goals representing the other archery disciplines, to the applause of the public.
16h26. Avant-dernier relayeur de l’étape, Jean-Pierre Breugnot vient d’enflammer sa torche. Figure locale du rugby, il est notamment à l’origine du club de Migennes, fondé en 1965, de l’école de rugby migennoise, et du Grand tournoi de Migennes.
15:44 After more than two hours of rest, we return for almost an hour of relief in Migennes. The race begins at the port, then passes by the famous cabaret l’Escale, before reaching Chablisien, in Vaudésir.
15:40 Migennes is fit! While they wait for the relay to begin, the marching bands roam. . . Here is an organization from Rennes.
15:30 Fifteen minutes from the start, everything is close in Migennes. A specificity for this stage: a collective relay must take place, with the Brienon-sur-Armançon archery team.
13:43 It’s over for Saint-Fargeau! The flame ended its adventure in Puisaye, in the castle gardens, before an enthusiastic crowd, rowers, horsemen from the city. . .
Next stop: 3:45 p. m. , in Migennes, in Yonne.
13:28 The flame reaches inside the walls of the Château de Saint-Fargeau, nicknamed “the giant of the pink bricks”.
13:20 The first torchbearer to leave the Sound Adventure Museum: Paralympic athlete Stéphane Gilbert, licensed archer at the Sentinelle de Brienon-sur-Armançon. He has participated in the Paralympic Games in Athens and Beijing.
13:18 We are in Saint-Fargeau, in the center of Puisaye! The flame will travel a short distance of 950 meters with 4 torchbearers. Departure point: the Museum of the Adventure of Sound, in Saint-Fargeau, arriving at 1:38 pm. in the park of the Château de Saint-Fargeau.
12:55 p. m. The flame reached the foot of the Saint-Etienne de Sens cathedral! The Falla sings the Marseillaise. Next stop: Saint-Fargeau.
12:26 p. m. m. Guest on the France 3 Burgundy news, the mayor (LR) of Sens Paul-Antoine de Carville expresses his gratitude for having the flame at home. “She wouldn’t have gone to Sens, she would have had a great time and she would have wanted to be president of the department!”
“This brings a communion, a new look to the city. For merchants, it is also a wonderful day to live and I think everyone wins. ”
All the department? For this day, 180,000 euros were invested in Yonne. “It is above all a human burden, many hours of volunteering, hours of work, but I need to reassure everyone, he did not charge 100,000 euros,” says the mayor.
12:17 p. m. A little ahead of schedule. Jean-Michel Lorain, the two-star chef of the Côte-Saint-Jacques de Joigny restaurant, has just made his “kiss by torchlight”, 3 minutes before the scheduled time.
Just before his departure, he took the opportunity to send a message to the gourmets: “Today we offer an additional dish to all our customers, if they have the silver medal, they have the gold medal with us! »
In Yonne, today there are just over a hundred porters who take turns. Tomorrow there will be 81, in the Côte d’Or. The Games indicate that the runners are decided “based on their commitment and their actions. ” There are athletes, but also businessmen, associations, local personalities. . .
12:09 p. m. An hour before the arrival of the flos angelesme, the Plos angelesce de los angeles République is already full. Several hundred more people wait, angelesgs in hand. Here everyone has their eyes glued to the giant screen.
11:45 am At the Clos angelesude Pitou stadium, Iheb Jebali su relos angelesy. This level is expected to last 1 hour and 20 minutes and end at Plos angelesce de los angeles République. In total, another 25 people took turns.
10:03 At the Plos angelesce de los angeles République, at the foot of the cathedral, we are gradually getting ready. Gauthier comes from the Loiret with his two children, he left his house at 8 in the morning to look for an elegant plos angelesce. Thierry and his son Cédric came from Soucy for the occasion: “It’s the first and last time I’ve noticed the flos angelesme in my life, it’s coming to me. “
09:47 End of level in Vézelay, to applause from the public. We will meet at 11:45 am in Sens for the next departure.
09:30 The flame has reached the eternal hill of Vézelay. It does not leave the cathedral, then descends through the streets of Saint-Pierre and Saint-Etienne. Here, only 3 porters take turns, over 800 meters. Along with Saint-Fargeau, it is the shortest level of the day.
09:12 It’s over in Avallon! Arthur Miguet, the last porter, has arrived.
Several hundred more people from Avallon came to see the flame. This dad came with his daughter, who made her own torch at school for the occasion. “I wanted to bring him to spend this exceptional day that we will only enjoy once in a lifetime. “It’s great, especially in a small town like ours, we don’t see old events. ” he explains it to us.
“It’s great to see everyone else happy, it’s a replacement for the last few weeks, I think it’s great!” adds the viewer.
Next departure in fifteen minutes from Vézelay, 16 kilometers away.
08:57 The young Kassandra Paccaud, 20, takes over. I am very proud, plus my family circle is here, I am at home here in Avallon, I am very happy,” said the athlete on the Olympic channel of the torch relay.
Each transporter travels two hundred meters, at an average speed of 4. 5 km/h. Its passage lasts about 3 minutes. . . This requires up-to-the-minute organization!
8:30 am Let’s go! She calls in hand, Isabelle Coudray takes off. It is a Nivernais that inaugurates the day. . . while the flame will stop in Nièvre. “It is a great wonder to be the first in Burgundy! I am very proud, super satisfied with this honor that has been granted to me,” she told France 3 Bourgogne.
8:2Five in the morning, five minutes before departure, the flame of a flashlight is lit. The spectators are ready.
8:15 am Welcome to this live broadcast. Throughout the day, France 3 Bourgogne follows the direction of the flame, which is lit this morning in Avallon. The flame will begin within 15 minutes and will last for 50 minutes.
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