Monaco Torch Relay: Sports Icons Light the Olympic Flame

 

Four relay runners - Charles Leclerc, a Formula 1 driver, skier Alexandra Coletti, table tennis player Xiaoxin Yang, and bobsleigh driver Rudy Rinaldi - took turns on the route carrying the Flame from Port Hercule to the Palace. The latter then lit the torch for the Princely Couple in the Palace Square, in the presence of Hereditary Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella, in front of a young and large audience.

 

 

Among the Honorary guests of this memorable ceremony were the Presidents of the International Sports Federations with Headquarters in Monaco, such as UIM President Raffaele Chiulli and the President of the International Pentathlon Federation, Klaus Schormann, together with numerous personalities of the Olympic Movement and representatives of the local sports scene.

 


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