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A 1968 Olympic torch found in the cellar of Nancy town hall

2022-06-28T14:45:38.640Z


A torch that was used for the Olympic torch relay at the Grenoble Games in 1968 was found by chance in the cellar of the town hall of


“What is unlikely is that it has been stored on a shelf, without anyone paying attention to it for all these years!

launches the sports assistant of the city of Nancy (Meurthe-et-Moselle), Serge Raineri.

In the spring, two municipal agents who were looking for equipment in the cellar of the town hall came across a torch with the name of the city of Grenoble and the Olympic rings.

“By moving a crate, they found it.

It's a very simple object, a tube surmounted by a burner, ”explains the chosen one.

"We thought it was a reproduction, but it is one of the thirty-three copies that served as the torch relay for the 1968 Grenoble Olympics. It is in magnificent condition, in bronze alloy.

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The creation of an event for the 2024 Olympics

It remains to understand now why it remained in the cellar of the town hall, while according to Serge Raineri, this torch arrived from Verdun (Meuse), in December 1967 before returning to Metz (Moselle).

The city of Nancy has therefore launched a call for witnesses to try to reconstruct this story, and intends to highlight this unexpected find.

“One of the last, which was sold in 2020, was sold for 200,000 euros.

We are going to expose it.

For the sporting world, it is a strong symbol.

We will do something around it at the time of the 2024 Games. Since we will not be hosting the Paris flame

(The Meurthe-et-Moselle department refused because of its cost)

, we will still have another one “, concludes the chosen one.

Source: leparis

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