France's President Emmanuel Macron (3thL) and France's Minister for Sports and Olympics Amelie Oudea-Castera (C) meet with Olympic sailing team's athletes at the Marina Olympique nautical base in Marseille, southern France, on May 8, 2024. The transfer of the flame onshore from a 19th-century tall ship 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. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP) (Photo by LUDOVIC MARIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)