Laure Manaudou will be the first French carrier of the 2024 Games. The triple medalist at the Athens Olympics in 2004 was the first tricolor wearer.
Gabriella Papadakis, invited by Coca-Cola, sponsor of the torch relay, will be accompanied by her mother. The flame will arrive in France on May 8 and will be carried by renowned athletes, such as Jean-Pierre Papin in Marseille. For the one whose father is from Greece, it will a priori be in the Athens stadium, where on Friday April 26, the handover between the Greek Olympic committee and Paris 2024 will take place. The torch will then travel to Gironde, where she lives and Olympia, where she will carry it for a few hectometers before returning to the Olympic Stadium in Athens. It will then go on to Marseille, where it will carry the flame for two more days. The relay will end in Paris on May 16. The Olympic Games will be held in Paris in 2024.