The flame for the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games will be lit in Greece's Ancient Olympia on Tuesday, April 16.

Footage from 2016 shows the flame being lit during a rehearsal ahead of the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

This footage was filmed and produced 15 April 2024.

The flame for the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games will be lit in Greece's Ancient Olympia on Tuesday.

The official lighting ceremony is to start at approximately 11:30 local time in Greece, equivalent to around 16:30 Beijing time later today.

After an 11-day relay throughout Greece, the Olympic flame will arrive in Athens ahead of the handover ceremony to the Paris 2024 organizing committee on April 26. The Paris Olympics will be held from July 26 to August 11.

Situated on the western Peloponnese Peninsula in Greece, the archaeological site of Ancient Olympia was once a prominent venue for athletic competitions among city-states in ancient Greece. The first Olympic Games were held there in 776 B.C., with subsequent Games taking place every four years until 393 AD, when they were banned by the ancient Romans.

The Olympic flame lighting ceremony on Tuesday will be held at two historic locations within the archaeological site of Olympia: the stadium and the Temple of Hera.

Following the ignition of the flame at the Temple of Hera, the oldest temple at the site, it will be escorted back to the stadium by actresses portraying priestesses. At the stadium, it will be used to light the inaugural torch of the Paris Olympic Games.

SHOTLIST

Ancient Olympia, Greece - April 15, 2024
1. Ancient Olympia stadium;
2. Various of Olympic, French, Greek flags;
3. Various of archaeological sites of Ancient Olympia, ancient pillars, walls;
4. Various of media working sites, staff, equipment;

FILE: Ancient Olympia, Greece – April 20, 2016
5.Various of Olympic flame lighting rehearsal in progress.

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