Olympics-Paris 2024 marathon to trace path of French Revolution

FILE PHOTO: Head of Paris 2024 Olympics Tony Estanguet, President of Greater Paris Metropolis Patrick Ollier, Valerie Pecresse, head of the Paris Ile-de-France region, Brigitte Henriques, head of the CNOSF, attend a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, September 29, 2022. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/Pool

PARIS (Reuters) -Competitors in the marathon at the Paris 2024 Olympics will run from central Paris to Versailles and back, on a course designed to salute women and trace one of the pivotal historic events of the French Revolution.

The marathon route unveiled on Wednesday was modelled on the path of the October 1789 Women's March on Versailles - when thousands, mainly female market traders furious over the price of bread, marched to the lavish palace of King Louis XVI.