FRANCE - OLY - PARIS - 2024
France's President Emmanuel Macron (2nd L) and France's Minister for Sports and Olympics Amelie Oudea-Castera (2nd R) meet with federation officials and the Olympic sailing team managers at the Marina Olympique nautical base in Marseille, southern France, on May 8, 2024. The transfer of the flame onshore from a 19th-century tall ship will mark the start of a 12,000-kilometre (7,500-mile) torch relay across mainland France and the country's far-flung overseas territories.
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