NARRATIVE – Less than two weeks before the opening ceremony and in a good-natured atmosphere, the torch relay put the capital in Games mode.
First there is a dull, muffled roar from the motorcycles at the head of the procession. Then come the nasal loudspeakers of the sponsors’ vehicles. Finally, there are the cheers and applause. All eyes converge on the torch and its bearer. Not a minute behind schedule for this Monday, July 15: the Olympic flame arrives as planned at 11:30 a.m. at Place du Trocadéro, in Paris, under a radiant sun. While he was pedaling on his way to work, François, 46, put his foot down and immortalized with his phone the handover between the disabled athlete Eva David and the BMX cyclist Matthias Dandois. I came to see the popular fervorconfides this resident of the 16th arrondissement. People are finally relaxing and thinking about something else.. »
Since Sunday, the electoral jousts, coalition attempts and voting instructions that have punctuated the political news in recent weeks have been forgotten. Three months after the lighting in Olympia, Greece…
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