Judo champion Douillet also participated
2024/07/06 10:08
The torch relay arrived in Millville, where Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the father of the modern Olympic Games, spent his childhood, in Normandy, northwestern France, on the 5th (Kyodo News)
[Kyodo News, Le Havre, France]With just 20 days to go until the opening of the Paris Olympics, the torch relay took place in the Normandy region of northwestern France on the 5th, with Thibault Donabassel, a descendant of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the father of the modern Olympic Games, running through the area of the castle of Milleville, where Baron Pierre de Coubertin spent his childhood.
“I’m proud that the Olympic torch has arrived in the town where my great-grandfather lived,” he said. Regarding the Paris Olympics, which will be held for the first time in 100 years since 1924, he said, “I hope that it will be a festival where we can share mutual assistance, joy and peace.”
In Etretat, Normandy, David Douillet, gold medalist in men’s judo at the 1996 Atlanta and 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, also carried the sacred flame.
2024-07-06 07:08:54
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