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1. Olympic Flame being escorted by riders of the Cadre Noir of Saumur along the Avenue Foch down to the presidential stand, torchbearer Colonel Thibault Vallette, equestrian gold medallist in the 2016 Rio Olympics, carrying flame
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2. Various of flame being escorted
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3. Horses performing as flame is escorted
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4. Various of flame being escorted
5. French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, in front row watching flame being escorted
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6. Various of flame being escorted by cadets dressed in the five Olympic colours
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7. Wide of human Olympic ring display in front of presidential stand
8. Wide of aerial display
STORYLINE:
Paris hosted an extra-special guest for France’s national holiday on Sunday – the Olympic flame lighting up the city’s grandiose military parade for Bastille Day.
Just 12 days before the French capital hosts the exceptionally ambitious and high-security Summer Games, the torch relay joined up with thousands of soldiers, sailors, rescuers and medics marching in Paris beneath roaring fighter jets.
The parade wrapped up with the arrival of the flame, escorted by riders on horseback, 25 torchbearers, and cadets dressed in the five Olympic colours forming the shapes of the five interlocking Olympic rings.
The first torchbearer was Colonel Thibault Vallette, equestrian gold medallist in the 2016 Rio Olympics, who passed it on to a group of young athletes smiling broadly as they passed it hand-to-hand in front of the presidential tribune.
Usually, the parade travels from the Napoleon-era Arc de Triomphe to the Concorde plaza, where France’s last king and queen were beheaded.
This year, Concorde has been transformed into a huge Olympic venue for breakdancing, skateboarding and BMX.
So the parade route headed to the Bois de Boulogne park on the city’s edge instead.
After its Bastille Day appearance, the torch relay will swing by Notre Dame Cathedral, the historic Sorbonne university and the Louvre Museum before heading to other Paris landmarks Monday.
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