Olympics-Who will light the Paris 2024 Olympic cauldron?


FILE PHOTO: Mathieu Lehanneur, designer of the Olympic torch and the celebration sites cauldron, holds a torch for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games as he poses at his workshops in Ivry-sur-Seine near Paris, France, May 3, 2024. REUTERS/Abdul Saboor/File Photo

PARIS (Reuters) - The identity of the person who lights the Olympic cauldron on the night of the opening ceremony is one of sport's best-kept secrets, with less than a dozen people in the know.

Paris 2024 organising committee president Tony Estanguet on Sunday said the person who will light the cauldron on Friday was not yet aware they had been selected.

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