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150,000 people expected as Olympic flame arrives in France

The Olympic cauldron, which was lit by Japenese tennis player Naomi Osaka, during the 2021 Tokyo Games. [AFP]

The Olympic flame arrives in France on Wednesday where a highly choreographed ceremony and a crowd of 150,000 people will be a first major test for organisers and security forces ahead of the 2024 Paris Games.

The transfer of the flame onshore in the southern port of Marseille will mark the start of a 12,000-kilometre (7,500-mile) torch relay across mainland France and the country's far-flung overseas territories.

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