CANNES, France — French athletes carried the Olympic torch up the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday, as it makes its way to the capital for the Summer Olympics.
The torch landed in the southern port city of Marseille earlier this month on board a 19th-century ship that had sailed it all the way from Greece.It is now on a meandering route across France — and its overseas territories — building up to the Paris Games, which run from July 26 to August 11.
Retired sprinter and three-time Olympic gold medalist Marie-Jo Perec had her turn, as did the chief organizer of the Games, Tony Estanguet.The Olympic flame is set to travel through 400 towns and dozens of tourist attractions during its 12,000-kilometer journey through mainland France, as well as visiting overseas French territories in the Caribbean, Indian Ocean and Pacific.
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