Name: Olympic flame lit in Greece's ancient Olympia BBC News
Uploaded: 2024-04-16T22:54:24+00:00
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Description: It's nearly 100 days to go until the start of the Paris2024 Olympic Games and the Olympic flame has been lit. The ceremony takes place in Greece's ancient Olympia,where the first Olympic Games were he

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It's nearly 100 days to go until the start of the Paris2024 Olympic Games and the Olympic flame has been lit.

The ceremony takes place in Greece's ancient Olympia,where the first Olympic Games were held in 776 BC.

The torch will first travel 3,000 miles through Greece,before crossing the Mediterranean to France in May onthe three-masted ship Belem. It then will travel throughFrance and its overseas territories before arriving inParis for the start of the games in July.

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