Meuse: the tradition of the olympic flame’s relay finally recognized
Originally published on: manif-est.info (in french)
A lot of bad things have been said about the Olympic Games – and rightly so – for a long time now. They were already crap in London and Rio, in Albertville and Beijing, they were already the place for the exaltation of nationalism in Berlin in 1936, and it’s a safe bet that we would even have been considered them bad in ancient Greece. However, the Olympic Committee is not always devoid of common sense, and knows how to recognize, appreciate and value local customs. Such is the case with the forthcoming arrival of the Olympic Flame in the south of the Meuse département.
On June 29, 2024, the “Flame Relay” will pass through our verdant countryside. One might legitimately ask why. It’s true that an event lasting less than a day, whose cost (responsibility of the département) exceeds the Department Council’s annual budget for sport, might seem surprising. And then, when you think of the Meuse, you don’t think directly of athletics or javelin throwing, let alone tennis or breakdancing (yes, it’s an Olympic sport now). Of course, the bicycle pedal was invented in Bar-le-Duc, but that’s not enough to label it a “Land of Games”.
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