We’ve got an update on the location of the Olympic cauldron, and in short, it’s up in the air (see what I did there?).
After being lit by the final torch-bearers, French judoka (elite word) Teddy Riner and retired sprinter Marie-Jose Perec, the cauldron floated off into the Parisian night on some sort of hot air balloon-type set-up.
If you thought that was the end of it, then check out this update from the Associated Press:
The Olympic cauldron that made a stunning first flight at the Paris Games opening ceremony will sit on the ground during the day and rise again every evening.
Paris Olympics organizers said that from Saturday, the cauldron attached to a balloon will fly more than 60 meters (197 feet) above the Tuileries gardens from sunset until 2 a.m. The launch zone site is near the glass pyramid entrance to the Louvre museum .
During daytime hours, 10,000 people each day can get free tickets to approach the cauldron, which is the first in Olympic history to light up without the use of fossil fuels.
Instead, it uses water and electric light.
It’s certainly unique.
The cauldron, with the Olympic flame lit, lifts off while attached to a balloon, in Paris, France, during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics.Credit: AP
- with AP