the Olympic flame in full training

In Nogent-sur-Seine (Aube), Friday March 22, it’s a bit as if the Olympic Games had already started. For two retirees, there was no question of missing the unique life-size rehearsal of the passage of the Olympic flame. “It’s nice, it highlights the sport, it’s good”, rejoices one of them. But on Friday, the Olympic flame is not lit. As tradition dictates, it will be in Greece in mid-April.

Amélie Oudéa-Castéra shows confidence

This does not prevent residents of the town of 6,000 inhabitants from expressing their enthusiasm. And for the porters for a day, it is a great honor. “I am very proud to carry this flame”, testifies a resident. Present for this test day, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra is confident: “Everything went very well.” The Minister of Sports underlines “the quality of timing”. On July 13, the flame will pass, lit this time, in Nogent-sur-Seine, but also in other towns, before arriving in Troyes, the stopover town in the Aube department.