Torchbearer

Joyful crowds gathered along the streets of France's southern port of Marseille on Thursday to see torchbearers carrying the Olympic flame through the city's most emblematic sites, a day after it arrived on a majestic three-mast ship for a welcoming ceremony.

Nikos Aliyagas as presenter - The Olympic Flame brought to the Panathenaic Stadium by the champion of walking Antigoni Drisbioti - Last Torchbearer, the captain of the National Polo Team Yannis Fountoulis, with his teammates

The flame that will burn at the Olympics is spending the night at the ancient Acropolis in Athens, a week before its handover to Paris 2024 organizers.

The Olympic Flame lighting ceremony ahead of the Paris Olympic Games will take place at the ancient site of Olympia on April 16 in a public event that will be televised live around the world, according to the program announced on Thursday.

The Olympic Flame for the Tokyo 2020 Games will be lit on March 12 at Ancient Olympia, the organizing committee of the Tokyo Olympics announced on Monday.

The countdown to the 23rd Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 has officially begun, as the lighting ceremony of the Olympic flame, which took place at Ancient Olympia in the Peloponnese came to its conclusion on October 24.

Greek cross country ski champion Apostolos Angelis will be the first torchbearer after the Lighting of the Olympic Flame on October 24 at Ancient Olympia, the Hellenic Olympic Committee announced on Tuesday.