The handover ceremony stole the show internationally of the Olympic Flame in “Paris 2024” held in Kallimarmaro. The handover ceremony started at 6.30 in the afternoon with Nana Mouschouri having a central role, while Nikos Aliagas was the presenter. A crowd of people arrived early at the Panathenaic Stadium to watch the Olympic Flame handover ceremony.

The Olympic Light arrived at the Panathinaikos Stadium from the champion of the walk Antigoni Drisbiotis with the last Torchbearer the captain of the national polo team Yiannis Fundoulis and his teammates, who won the silver medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games.

The National Anthems of Greece and France were performed by Nana Mouschouri, accompanied by the National Symphony Orchestra and Choir of ERT. Also, the National Symphony Orchestra of ERT performed Dimitris Papadimitriou’s work “Pindar’s Olympian”. The anthem was performed by tenor Babis Velissarios.

The president of the Hellenic Olympic Committee, Spyros Kapralos, handed over the Olympic Torch to the president of the “PARIS 2024” Organizing Committee, Toni Estange, to continue his journey to Paris.

As reported by ERT, he performed the Olympic Anthem the vocal ensemble “CHORES” accompanied by the National Symphony Orchestra of ERT. The Artistic Direction of the Choir has been taken over by Marina Satti, while the Musical Direction is by Michalis Oikonomou.

The Touch of the Torch was made by Protheine Mary Mina for the ceremony of the Olympic Flame that will travel from Athens to Paris where the Olympic Games 2024 will take place. The departure of the Olympic Flame was accompanied by the musical composition of Dimitris Papadimitriou and the interpretation of , the Soprano Myrsini Margariti.

The Flame will spend the night at the French embassy and tomorrow (27/4) it will “board” the three-carrier “Belem”, bound for the port of Marseille, where it is expected to arrive on May 8 to be received by the French swimmer and the first French Torchbearer of land, Florent Manodou.