DIRECT. Arrival of the Olympic flame in Marseille: “We feel the pressure building,” says Mayor Benoit Payan

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DIRECT. Arrival of the Olympic flame in Marseille: “We feel the pressure building,” says Mayor Benoit Payan

Belem is expected around 11 a.m. MAXPPP – VASSILIS PSOMAS

After twelve days at sea from Greece and a day of parade and celebration, the “Belem” will dock this Wednesday, May 8, around 7 p.m., in the Old Port. Follow the day of festivities in Marseille.

On the program:

11 a.m.: Belem parade, accompanied by 1024 local boats, off the coast of Marseille 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.: numerous sporting and cultural events are planned in the Old Port and at sea 7 p.m.: Belem welcome ceremony with the Marseille Philharmonic Orchestra and the Patrollers of France 7:30 p.m.: "Parade", the musical theme of the Games revealed 7:40 p.m.: Florent Manaudou, first torchbearer on French soil, will light the Olympic cauldron 9 p.m.: free concert by Alonzo and Soprano 11h41.

Benoit Payan: “We feel the pressure building”

The mayor of Marseille is present in the Old Port expecting an “extraordinary day, a day for history”.

11:30.

The great maritime parade has started

The great maritime parade planned for the arrival of the Olympic flame in France began on Wednesday at 11:00 a.m., with a thousand boats escorting the three-masted Belem in the harbor of Marseille, under a bright sun, noted AFP journalists at sea.< /p>11h06.

150,000 people expected in the Old Port

79 days before the official start of the Paris Olympic Games (July 26-11 August), a hundred years after the last Paris Olympics, France's second city will host the arrival of the flame and the lighting ceremony of the first Olympic cauldron, around 7:45 p.m., with some 150,000 people expected in the Old Port.

DIRECT. Arrival of the Olympic flame in Marseille: “We feel the pressure building,” says Mayor Benoit Payan

The Old Port is already full of people. DOMINIQUE MERCADIER 10:50 a.m.

Maximum security on site

6,000 representatives of the security forces order are mobilized, three bursts control the airspace before the arrival of the Olympic flame.

DIRECT. Arrival of the Olympic flame in Marseille: “We feel the pressure building,” says Mayor Benoit Payan

An important safety feature. DOMINIQUE MERCADIER 10h49.

The first Marseillais arrived early to witness the arrival of Belem

The famous sailboat built in 1896 will appear off the coast of Marseille in the northern harbor around 11 a.m. It will go further offshore, to the Frioul Islands, and will make a second tour in the northern harbor, before mooring in the Old Port at the end of the day.

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