The Paralympic Flame will be symbolically passed between 24 English and 24 French athletes in the middle of the Channel Tunnel
The organising committee of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games has unveiled the route of the Paralympic Torch Relay, which will take place from August 25 to 28, 2024, organised with the support of its Official Sponsors, Coca-Cola, Banques Populaires and Caisses d’Epargne.
According to a press statement issued by Paris 2024, after being lit in the historic birthplace of Paralympic sport, Stoke Mandeville, the Paralympic Flame will be symbolically passed between 24 English and 24 French athletes in the middle of the Channel Tunnel.
The Paralympic Torch Relay will raise the fervour in every part of the country and kick off the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games
The statement adds that after arriving on the French coast at Calais, the Paralympic Flame will multiply into 12 Flames spread around the outskirts of France. It will be carried by no fewer than 1,000 Forerunners in around 50 towns, in 12 simultaneous relays converging on Paris.
The Paralympic Torch Relay will raise the fervour in every part of the country and kick off the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
The organisers say that the Paralympic Torch Relay route was designed in collaboration with the French Paralympic and Sports Committee, with the aim of highlighting areas that are committed to greater inclusion in sport. It has also been designed to highlight the sporting and committed cities closest to the Games, as well as cities that are symbolic of France’s history and heritage.
They add that during the Relay, a Festival of the Flame will be organised in the heart of the city, with music, activities and introductory courses in Para sports, to share the energy of the Paralympic Games with as many people as possible.
They say that the torchbearers will take to the roads of France in a uniform designed by Decathlon, an Official Partner of Paris 2024. It will be white to symbolise the peace, unity and fraternity between peoples so dear to the tradition of the Torch Relay. With the exception of the emblem, the uniforms of the bearers of the Olympic Flame and the Paralympic Flame will be identical.
