Olympic champion in the 400m freestyle in 2004 will carry the flame this Tuesday in Olympia. The first relay will be carried out by the Greek, Stefanos Ntoúskos, Olympic rowing champion at the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2021.
The French will be able to welcome him on May 8, in Marseille, before the start of an epic throughout the country, including in the West Indies. Along with her brother Florent, who will try to win a fourth Olympic medal this summer, Laure Manaudou is one of the “captains” of the Olympic flame, just like Dimitri Pavadé (long jump) and Mona Francis (para-triathlon).. Lit in the Peloponnese as tradition dictates, the flame will then travel to Athens to board the Belem. A crossing of the Mediterranean Sea will then follow. The flame will be lit in Athens, then Marseille and then in West Indies, before returning to France.