ATHENS [Greece], Greece on Friday officially handed over the Olympic flame to the delegation of the Paris 2024 Organizing Committee during a symbolic ceremony held at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, the venue where the modern Olympics first opened in 1896. The Summer Olympics will be held in Paris from July 26 to August 11 this year. Tony Estanguet, President of the Paris 2024 Organizing Committee, receives the Olympic torch at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens. The event, held at the iconic Panathenaic Stadium, marked the end of the 11-day Olympic torch relay through Greece and signaled the relay's transition to France, which will begin on May 8 when the flame reaches Marseille after traveling across the Mediterranean Sea. Belem Ship. https://twitter.com/Paris2024/status/178391254394720701 [https://twitter.com/Paris2024/status/1783912543947207013 Afterwards, Hellenic Olympic Committee President Spyros Kapralos gave a moving speech in which he thanked his fellow citizens During the national relay there was a warm welcome and the torch was conveyed its best wishes to France on its "next journey".Today, in a crowded Panathenaic Stadium, a unique journey of hope and pride that has illuminated all of Greece. Its end comes from one end to the other. And yet these 11 days that have enthralled our nation and captured the attention of the entire world are just the beginning of a great journey. "The next Olympic Games will take place in Paris 2024," the Olympics' official website quoted Capralos as saying. So it is with great joy and emotion that we all welcome the Olympic flame together into the Panathenaic Stadium at the end of the Greek torch relay."Soil, to hand it over to the Paris 2024 Organizing Committee with a sense of respect and solidarity, but also with our best wishes for the realization of a unique event," he said. Following this, Tony Estanguet (FRA), The Chairman of the Paris 202 Organizing Committee gave a speech in which he expressed his gratitude to the Greek people for organizing both the flame lighting and the handover ceremony, as well as to Papadakis and Hayes, the two French torchbearers of the handover event. The Olympic Committee and its President Spyros Kapralos for this wonderful start of the Olympic Torch Relay in Greece! During these eleven days across the country, we have already been able to see some very powerful images and all the attachment of the Greeks to the flame. And what a proud and emotional moment it is to now officially receive the Olympic Flame at the handover ceremony! “A big thank you also to our champions Gabriella Papadakis and Beatrice Hayes for taking on this powerful and symbolic role as heralds of the Paris 2024 torch relay,” Estanguet said, adding that after crossing the Mediterranean Sea, the Olympic The flame will arrive on the French Soi in Marseille on 8 May.