Under the ovation of 150,000 people in the Old Port, Florent Manaudou was the first torchbearer to descend from the Belem. He was followed by Paralympic athlete Nantenin Keïta, and the iconic Marseille rapper Jul, surprise of the day.
Twelve days after boarding the Belemthe most famous French three-masted ship, at the port of Piraeus in Athens, the Olympic flame landed in Marseille on Wednesday evening, before beginning its journey through several French departments – but not all.
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