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☆ Who will light the Olympic cauldron? Here are 10 potential candidates
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Mark Puleo | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

The lighting of the Olympic cauldron is a spectacle steeped in both tradition and secrecy. With just one day until the opening ceremony, the identity of the individual who will light the cauldron remains unknown. The 25-year-old led France to 2018 World Cup triumph, becoming the second teenager in history (after Pelé) to score in a final, then led France to another World Cup final in 2022. He was the team’s leading scorer during its 1998 World Cup title run and later transitioned to coaching after retirement. AdvertisementTony ParkerTony Parker had his number retired before a French Olympic tuneup game earlier this month.

Persons: Tony Estanguet, —, Marie, José Pérec Marie, José Pérec, Loup Gautreau, Pérec, Estanguet, Zinedine Zidane, Ballon, Zidane, headbutting Italy’s Marco Materazzi, Kylian, Mbappé, Real Madrid Omar Sy, Sy, Lupin, Haakon, Chung Sun, Emmanuel Macron, Macron, Thierry Henry Thierry Henry, Nicolas Tucat, Henry, Victor Wembanyama, Thomas Pesquet, Pesquest, Martin Fourcade Fourcade, Tony Parker Tony Parker, Maxime Gruss, Tony Parker, Star, Joel Embiid, Jean, Pierre Siutat, Athletic Embiid, Embiid, “, Weis, Naomi Osaka, Yuna Kim, Cordeiro de, Vladislav Tretiak, Wayne Gretzky, Steve Nash, Christian Petersen Organizations: Getty, Summer Games, headbutting, Real Madrid, Games, Globe, French, Arsenal, France, France’s U21, Space, Getty Images, San Antonio Spurs, NBA, FIBA, French Federation of Basketball, Athletic, Philadelphia 76ers, Blues, spurning Locations: Paris, France, AFP, Barcelona, Atlanta, Guadeloupe, Norway, South Korea, Pyeongchang, United States, French, Cameroon, spurning France, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro, Cordeiro de Lima, Sochi, London, Vancouver

☆ Charles Coste: Oldest living French medalist gets another chance to shine at Paris 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Coste, who turns 100 on Thursday, won a track cycling Olympic gold in the team pursuit with Pierre Adam, Serge Blusson and Fernand Decanali. “It was a great honor to receive the medal from President Auriol, but the most valuable one is the Olympic medal,” Coste told Reuters. Coste, who was born in 1924 – the last time Paris hosted the Summer Olympics – needs a walker to move around, but his memory is fresh. Fernand Decanali, Pierre Adam, Serge Blusson and Charles Coste stand atop the podium at the 1948 Olympics. “There was no TV then, our only goal was to get the gold medal.

Persons: Charles Coste, Pierre Adam, Serge Blusson, Fernand Decanali, Fausto Coppi, Vincent Auriol, Auriol, ” Coste, Paris, ”, Coste, Legion d’Honneur, “, It’s Organizations: Reuters, Prix des Nations, de France, Giro, AFP, Getty, Legion, City, of Bois Locations: London, Paris, “, Coste, France, Colombes

CNN —Claude Ruiz-Picasso, the younger son of Pablo Picasso, has died in Switzerland at age 76. A young Claude Ruiz-Picasso with his father Bettmann Archive/Getty ImagesIn a statement emailed to CNN, Neuer said: “Claude Ruiz-Picasso, son of Pablo Picasso, has died. The Picasso Museum in Barcelona, the city where the artist spent his adolescence, reacted to the news of Ruiz-Picasso’s death in a string of posts on X, formerly Twitter. Her mother, Gilot, died earlier this year at age 101. Gilot met Picasso, who was 40 years her senior, in 1943.

Persons: Claude Ruiz, Picasso, Pablo Picasso, Jean, Jacques Neuer, Bettmann, Neuer, “ Claude Ruiz, Madame Sylvie Picasso, née Vautier, Jasmin, Solal, “ Picasso, Claude, Françoise Gilot, Gilot, Paloma, Paulo, Olga Khokhlova, Marie, Thérèse Walter, Ruiz, Richard Avedon, “, ” Ruiz, Paloma Picasso, Luc Simon Organizations: CNN, Picasso Museum, Vogue, Picasso Museum’s Locations: Switzerland, Barcelona, France, Spain

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