Who will light the Paris cauldron in 2024?

[BigVic]

Parts of Sydney's torch relay was also done by boat 

[baron-pierreIV]

13 hours ago, BigVic said:

Parts of Sydney's torch relay was also done by boat 

They've tried everything except putting in on a hearse.  Maybe let the horses carry the flame -- after all, they compete in Equestrian?   But it has been run on horseback, first in 1956.  

[Sir Rols]

5 hours ago, baron-pierreIV said:

They've tried everything except putting in on a hearse.  Maybe let the horses carry the flame -- after all, they compete in Equestrian?   But it has been run on horseback, first in 1956.  

Mon Baron, have you not worked it out yet?

It’s obviously going to be a tribute to that great French hero, Le Pétomane

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Joseph Pujol, better known by his stage name Le Pétomane, was a French flatulist (professional farter) and entertainer. He was famous for his remarkable control of the abdominal muscles, which enabled him to seemingly fart at will.

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The torch is obviously shaped as it is so it can fit between Estanguet’s buttocks as he bends over to light his fart, which will set alight the cauldron, which will be shaped like a giant bowl of Crêpes Suzette, slung below the Jules Verne restaurant on level 2 of the Eiffel Tower, as a secondary tribute to La Cuisine Francaisle!

 

Edited July 27, 2023 by Sir Rols

[BigVic]

Even went underwater during a leg of the relay back then! For Sochi 2014, the torch visited space! 

[baron-pierreIV]

11 hours ago, BigVic said:

Even went underwater during a leg of the relay back then! For Sochi 2014, the torch visited space! 

Actually, the 2000 torch was the first one underwater; and of course, the Sydney cauldron rose from a bed of water.  As for space, the Montreal 1976 flame was the first one "transported" via a satellite link --so, it also went to space -- in 1976. 

[baron-pierreIV]

Here is someone else I'd consider being a final Torchbearer and Lighter (if I were consulted).  Remember, he walked between the World Trade Center towers in NYC in 1974.  Quite a feat! 

Philippe Petit, Legendary Aerialist Who Walked Between the Twin Towers, Reflects on His Daring Feat 44 Years Later | Inside Edition

Famed Wire-Walker Philippe Petit Recalls 9/11 and When ‘My Towers’ Became ‘Our Towers’ | Inside Edition

Edited July 31, 2023 by baron-pierreIV

[Sir Rols]

1 hour ago, baron-pierreIV said:

Here is someone else I'd consider being a final Torchbearer and Lighter (if I were consulted).  Remember, he walked between the World Trade Center towers in NYC in 1974.  Quite a feat! 

Philippe Petit, Legendary Aerialist Who Walked Between the Twin Towers, Reflects on His Daring Feat 44 Years Later | Inside Edition

Famed Wire-Walker Philippe Petit Recalls 9/11 and When ‘My Towers’ Became ‘Our Towers’ | Inside Edition

I watched the movie of his feat:

It was good… but as someone who is extremely scared of heights, it was also one of the most excruciatingly terrifying films I’ve ever watched. Along with this one…

I had my eyes closed most of the time

Edited July 31, 2023 by Sir Rols

[baron-pierreIV]

/\/\  Yes.  I rented THE WALK a while back and enjoyed it.  The WTC Towers meant something to me.  Those were my early days in NYC when the Towers opened; and I watched the filming of the 1977 KING KONG there; THE WIZ also.  Ate at the Windows on the World restaurant 2x; and would buy my half-price Broadway tickets at the TKTS booth in the lobby of the North Tower.  

Maybe they'll have Petit, now in his 70s, scaling the Eiffel Tower?? 

[baron-pierreIV]

Here's a Petit compatriot who WON'T be lighting the Paris 2024 cauldron.  

French daredevil who climbed towers believed to have fallen to his death in Hong Kong (msn.com)

RIP. 

[Sir Rols]

 

Coste 'proud' to carry Olympic torch 76 years after winning gold

Bois-Colombes (France) (AFP) – When the Olympic torch relay gets underway in France in May keep an eye open for Charles Coste, France's oldest living Olympic champion.

France 24.com

[baron-pierreIV]

/\/\  M. Coste looks to be a very viable candidate for Final Lighter if the Tour Eiffel will be rebuilt in time for 26 julliet.  

[Taylor Swift]

I can do it!

Love you all, Taylor xxx

[baron-pierreIV]

On 2/16/2024 at 5:41 PM, Taylor Swift said:

I can do it!

Love you all, Taylor xxx

You're NOT French!! 

[Taylor Swift]

15 hours ago, baron-pierreIV said:

You're NOT French!! 

I think identity develops from empathy and love

Hugs, Taylor xxx

 

[baron-pierreIV]

8 minutes ago, Taylor Swift said:

I think identity develops from empathy and love

Hugs, Taylor xxx

 

OK, you can do the Paralympic cauldron,  mais il va falloir que tu te casses une jambe.  

[Ikarus360]

The Olympia ceremony is getting close. And for this occassion they're going to revamp the usual ritual. For example, the uniforms will now be radically different.

https://www.reuters.com/sports/new-costumes-revamped-torch-lighting-ceremony-paris-2024-2024-03-12/

[baron-pierreIV]

On 3/16/2024 at 5:36 AM, Ikarus360 said:

The Olympia ceremony is getting close. And for this occassion they're going to revamp the usual ritual. For example, the uniforms will now be radically different.

https://www.reuters.com/sports/new-costumes-revamped-torch-lighting-ceremony-paris-2024-2024-03-12/

What are they thinking?  They look TACKY -- and all the more so in daylight!  They're going to look like cartoon figures in those outfits.  

[baron-pierreIV]

Just rewatched the Lighting Ceremony.  I think Laure Manadou has a very good chance of being one of the--I'm guessing--2 final lighters at the Cauldron.  Because this edition of the Games has a very distinct feminine slant, maybe Laure Manadou, Mayor Anne Hidalgo (and C. Coste) might be the Final Torchbearers to Light the Cauldron?? 

Other trivia note:  The Handover to LA will be the 2nd time in history that the Olympic flag handover will happen between two women City executives.  Last time was in Tokyo 2021 when the Tokyo governor passed the Oly flag (to Bach first, who then) passed it on to Anne Hidalgo of Paris.  When the Games close in August, Anne Hidalgo will then pass the flag to Karen Bass of LA!!  (Previously, however, Deedee Corradani recv'd the WOG flag in Nagano for Salt Lake.  And in 2004, then Athenian mayor Dora Bekayonis passed on the SOG flag to her Beijing counterpart (male).) 

Edited April 17, 2024 by baron-pierreIV

[baron-pierreIV]

Ghost of repatriated ex-Brit-now-Franco citizen, Lloyd Hildebrand, will now light the Paris 2024 cauldron!! 

France receives Olympic cycling medal 124 years after win (msn.com)

[Guilga]

17 hours ago, baron-pierreIV said:

Ghost of repatriated ex-Brit-now-Franco citizen, Lloyd Hildebrand, will now light the Paris 2024 cauldron!! 

France receives Olympic cycling medal 124 years after win (msn.com)

And it's a Paris 1900 medal too, what a fortune. Even though those were a mess.

[baron-pierreIV]

7 hours ago, Guilga said:

And it's a Paris 1900 medal too, what a fortune. Even though those were a mess.

But the odd thing is, I checked David Wallachinsky's THE COMPLETE BOOK OF THE OLYMPICS (2012 edition), he already had Hildebrand listed as FRA -- so I don't know what this crazy news bit reports as "new"?  

(Oh, OK -- this is a stunt announced in time for Paris 2024.  I think the IOC found moulds for the 1900 medals, had a copy commissioned --merely for show -- and then, made the announcement w/ Paris 2024, and of course, the formation of Nice/Alpes 2030.  So, I think that's what this "weird new" item is really about.  And I don't know if they have found heirs to Hildebrand to pass on the "copied 1900 medals"?)  

Edited June 14, 2024 by baron-pierreIV
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[baron-pierreIV]

Also, here is another one who I think they would consider as one of the final lighters--based on her Olympic record and gold medal haul - yachtswoman/saileress Laura Flessel, a five-time Olympic medallist, including two gold medals at Atlanta 1996.  

 

[StefanMUC]

5 hours ago, baron-pierreIV said:

Also, here is another one who I think they would consider as one of the final lighters--based on her Olympic record and gold medal haul - yachtswoman/saileress Laura Flessel, a five-time Olympic medallist, including two gold medals at Atlanta 1996.  

 

Last time I checked she was a fencer and not a yachtswoman, but yeah, she should be up there somewhere too.

[baron-pierreIV]

Here's another SERIOUS candidate for FINAL Lighter -- much-decorated Cyclist Jeannie Longo: 
- 7 Olympic Games (one gold medal, 2 silvers, 1 bronze)
- 13x world Champion
- 60x French champion
You CAN'T get more honored and French than that!!  

Jeannie Longo - Wikipedia 

Edited July 10, 2024 by baron-pierreIV

[Blazerblaz3]

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Heres a look at the cauldron/cauldron cover for the Paris Games set up in the park in front of the Louvre. Curious is this is an inflatable mask for it or the cauldron itself. If the actual cauldron, looks like it might open around the middle. Would be a nice tie in to the torches.