Deux mois quasiment jour pour jour avant l’ouverture des JO de Paris, la flamme olympique va séjourner en Gironde pendant un peu moins de vingt-quatre heures. Ce sera le 23 mai 2024. Allumée sur le site d’Olympie, en Grèce, le 16 avril, la torche sur laquelle les yeux du monde entier seront rivés embarquera au Pirée, à bord du « Belem », pour rejoindre Marseille le 8 mai. Débutera alors, pour ce symbole de paix et d’unité entre les peuples, un long périple dans toute la France qui s’achèvera par l’allumage…
Deux mois quasiment jour pour jour avant l’ouverture des JO de Paris, la flamme olympique va séjourner en Gironde pendant un peu moins de vingt-quatre heures. Ce sera le 23 mai 2024. Allumée sur le site d’Olympie, en Grèce, le 16 avril, la torche sur laquelle les yeux du monde entier seront rivés embarquera au Pirée, à bord du « Belem », pour rejoindre Marseille le 8 mai. Débutera alors, pour ce symbole de paix et d’unité entre les peuples, un long périple dans toute la France qui s’achèvera par l’allumage traditionnel de la vasque lors de la cérémonie d’ouverture des Jeux, le 26 juillet, à Paris.
Meanwhile, in the middle of spring, the Gironde will roll out its red carpet with a flame. Only the city of Bordeaux, the agglomeration of Libourne and the city of Saint-Émilion have agreed to pay their dues to the Olympic cause. thus benefiting from a just reaction on May 23. These local governments have come together to pay the advance payment of 180,000 euros, to which are added almost 600,000 euros to finance the events that will mark the passage of the flame. When announcing the tour, the Department had rejected its participation in the festivities, given its cost, and prefers to “allocate these resources to long-term travel for the sports movement of the Gironde”.
Five months before D-Day, we know more or less the calendar of the flame in Gironde. Start of the festivities in Saint-Émilion in the morning, at 8 a. m. Departure less than an hour later to the Bouscat racecourse, where the flame will arrive shortly before nine o’clock. It will then depart for Libourne, where it will be visible between nine o’clock. :30 a. m. and 10:30 a. m. , before turning off towards the city of Bordeaux and the Cité du vin. The speed is fast as the Olympic flame is expected at the Château Cheval-Blanc, in Saint-Émilion, at 12:45 p. m. New departure to the city of Bordeaux, where the flame will remain until after 3 p. m. , before heading to the nautical pole of Lac des Dagueys, in Libourne, the main Olympic preparation venue for the foreign canoeing and kayaking teams. The flame will then be in Bordeaux, starting at five o’clock in the afternoon.
“A great moment will be organized at the Place des Quinconces in Bordeaux with the organization of a birthday party that will welcome the arrival of the last torchbearer and the guard of honor, as well as the lighting of the cauldron, a solemn, exclusive event and impressive moment. A great concert will close the birthday parties in the evening,” warns Bordeaux Métropole. The entire management of the flame in Gironde will benefit from a safety formula worthy of the event. . .
Please also note that registration for volunteers wishing to carry the Olympic flame is closed and the list of those chosen will be communicated in early 2024. A total of 11,000 torchbearers, or scouts, according to the vocabulary used by the organizers of the Games. , the country will pass the flame from hand to hand during two planned relays: the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games (which start in England and do not pass through the Gironde). about 4 minutes. . .
Not one of the torchbearers but still need to lend a hand?The Métropole de Bordeaux is still looking for volunteers for this day 23 May, but also for the summer Olympic period. In May, these volunteers will position themselves along the torch. address to consult the public. They will be assigned the same project on the days when the city of Bordeaux will host Olympic events (see box). Candidates have until Friday, January 5 to apply. Recruitment will take place in February and March.
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