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Watch: Olympic flame lit in Greece's ancient Olympia

Watch Olympic flame lit in Greeces ancient Olympia
The lighting of the flame is the start of an international torch relay, which ends at the Paris 2024 Games.

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It’s nearly 100 days to go until the start of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and the Olympic flame is about to be lit.

The ceremony, which was rehearsed on Monday, is taking place in Greece’s ancient Olympia, where the first Olympic Games were held in 776 BC.

It’s being presided over by Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou and International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach.

It will feature the Greek and French national anthems and flags raised, a dance and music performance and the handing over of the Olympic flame to the first torchbearer - gold medallist in rowing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Stefanos Douskos.

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