Flame to arrive in Marseille amid tight security
Emmanuel Macron,France,Greece,Olympics,Paris,Sports,Sports
MARSEILLE, France, May 8 (Reuters) - The Olympic flame is set to reach French soil at Marseille's Old Port amid tight security on Wednesday, 79 days before the Paris 2024 Games Opening Ceremony. More than 150,000 people are expected to welcome the three-masted Belem, which left Greece on April 27 with the flame after it was lit in Ancient Olympia 11 days earlier. Around 6,000 law enforcement officers will secure the area as the Belem arrives in the harbour around 0900 GMT (1100 local time) before a six-hour parade. "It's...
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