Yahoo Lifestyle Snoop Dogg Announced As Olympic Flame Torchbearer Ahead Of Opening Ceremony
Snoop Dogg will be one of the final torchbearers of the Olympic flame in the last hours of its France-wide tour ahead of the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on Friday.
The rapper is in the French capital for the games as a sportscaster on NBC’s Primetime in Paris show, working alongside Mike Tirico, the primetime host for NBC’s Paris Olympics coverage.
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Local media reported that Snoop Dog will carry the flame during its penultimate leg on Friday around the northern Paris suburb of Saint-Denis, which is hosting part of the Olympic Village and is also home to Stade de France and the new Olympic Aquatics Centre.
The flame will then head onto the Olympic cauldron in the Tuileries Gardens in central Paris, its final destination for the duration of the 2024 Olympics.
French personalities set to carry the flame on Friday include rapper MC Solaar, actress Laeticia Casta, Saint Omer film director Alice Diop, Paralympian Charles-Antoine Kouakou and rugby player Abdelatif Benazzi.
The identity of the final torchbearer has yet to be announced.
The Olympic flame first arrived on France from Greece on May 8, marked by a rousing ceremony in the port city of Marseille, and has been touring about the country ever since.
Per an NBC release, Snoop Dogg will be attending Olympic competitions, visiting with Olympic athletes and their friends and families, and “exploring the unique sights and sounds that only Paris has to offer” as part of his coverage of the games.
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