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Last Updated: November 10, 2023, 20:59 IST
2024 Paralympic Games torch relay (X)
Paris 2024 organising committee, mentioned the initiative was to guarantee “maximum visibility” in 4 days in contrast to the Olympic torch relay which lasts 80.
Less than 10 months earlier than the Paralympic Games in Paris, the route the torch relay will cowl was unveiled on Friday, with a departure from the non secular house of disabled sport at Stoke Mandeville in England.
After a passage by way of the Channel Tunnel, a complete of 1,000 torch bearers will carry not one however 12 flames – a reference to the 12 days of the Games – throughout France between August 25 and 28, the date of the opening ceremony at Place de la Concorde in Paris.
Tony Estanguet, the pinnacle of the Paris 2024 organising committee, mentioned the initiative was to guarantee “maximum visibility” in 4 days in contrast to the Olympic torch relay which lasts 80.
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“Unlike the Olympic flame, we’ll be able to see it in several places at the same time,” defined Delphine Moulin, director of celebrations for the Paris Games.
Although France host the Paralympic Games for the primary time subsequent 12 months, the very first version dates again to 1948, when German neurologist Ludwig Guttmann determined to organise sporting occasions earlier than the London Olympics that 12 months for World War II veterans left paraplegic and wheelchair-certain, at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in north London.
It is there that the flame will be lit earlier than heading to France.
The exit from the Channel Tunnel in Calais may also mark the lighting of 11 different flames throughout France, visiting 50 cities in 4 days from Strasbourg to Lyon, by way of Lourdes and Rouen.
The route has been designed to spotlight the sporting commitments of cities in addition to showcasing France’s historical past and heritage.
The major flame, coming from England, will attain the Paris area by way of Arras, Amiens and Chambly.
Like the Olympic flame, “a security bubble will be put in place around the 1,000 carriers across the 50 cities,” Sports Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera mentioned on Friday.
Cities have been chosen on the premise of their dedication to inclusion by way of sport, or for his or her distinctive cultural heritage and symbolism, similar to Limoges Cathedral, Strasbourg and the European Parliament.
“The torch relay should make it possible to create unity between the French and the Paralympic Games,” mentioned Marie-Amelie Le Fur, president of the French Paralympic and Sports Committee (CPSF).
All the host cities may also be venues for occasions with festivals and introductions to Paralympic sports activities.
The flames will converge on Paris on August 27, the eve of the Games opening ceremony with a last parade by way of the town.
(This story has not been edited by News18 employees and is revealed from a syndicated information company feed – AFP)
