Athens
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04
2024
ATHENS

Olympic flame hand-over ceremony on Friday

Following an 11-day journey across Greece, the Olympic flame will transition to the delegation of the "Paris 2024" Organising Committee on Friday.
Following an 11-day journey across Greece, the Olympic flame will transition to the delegation of the "Paris 2024" Organising Committee on Friday.

The transfer ceremony is scheduled to commence on Friday, April 26, at 6:30 PM at the Panathenaic Stadium (Kallimarmaro) in downtown Athens, featuring the presence of renowned artist Nana Mouskouri. The event will be hosted by Nikos Aliagas.

Greek race walking champion Antigoni Drisbiotis will deliver the Olympic Torch to the Panathenaic Stadium, with the final torchbearer being Ioannis Fountoulis, captain of Greece's national polo team, alongside his teammates, who clinched the silver medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games. Concluding the proceedings, Spyros Capralos, President of the Hellenic Olympic Committee, will transfer the Olympic Torch to Tony Estanguet, President of the "PARIS 2024" Organising Committee, marking the torch's onward journey to Paris.

In light of the handover ceremony for the XXXIII Olympic Games "PARIS 2024," special traffic arrangements will be implemented in Athens on Friday.