500 days before the start of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 the Hellenic Olympic Committee and the National Olympic Academy of Greece - National Olympic Academy of Greece in cooperation with the Embassy of France Ambassade de France en Grèce - Embassy of France in Greece, the French Institute of France Institut français de Grèce - French Institute of Greece & the IdEF COLLEGE - The GALLERY OF GREECE joined together to take part in a 24-hour global relay !
A symbolic gesture that sends a strong message of global unity by highlighting the power of sport through the emblematic Panathenaic Stadium, the stadium that hosted the first modern Olympic Games.
The champion of Vadeen Kyriaki Filitisakou «received» the baton from Djibouti and after a race inside the Stadium she handed it over to the French Ambassador Mr. Patrick Maisonnave who in turn «handed» it over to Switzerland to continue her journey around the world.
