Olympics-Eiffel Tower countdown turns to 100 days to Paris 2024

FILE PHOTO: A security employee stands near the Eiffel Tower Stadium and Champ de Mars Arena venues under construction for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, in Paris, France, April 1, 2024. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo

PARIS (Reuters) - The Eiffel Tower's countdown clock to the Paris 2024 Olympics turned to 100 days on Tuesday as preparations for the Games entered the final straight.

The Olympic torch was lit in ancient Olympia earlier in the day. It will reach France on May 8 in the port city of Marseille, after a journey on the three-masted Belem ship.