Historic ship delivers Olympic flame to France for the Summer Games

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Updated on: May 8, 2024 / 2:24 PM EDT / CBS News Olympic flame arrives in France Olympic flame arrives in France ahead of 2024 Paris Games 03:06 Paris — Crowds started gathering early Wednesday morning around Marseille's Old Port as a 19th century sailing ship carrying the Olympic flame appeared on the horizon.
The Belem, a three-masted sailing ship carrying the Olympic flame, arrives at Marseille's Old Port in France ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics, May 8, 2024.
French President Emmanuel Macron holds a wingfoil board at the Marina Olympique nautical base in Marseille, France, May 8, 2024, ahead of the transfer of the Olympic flame to shore from a 19th-century tall ship to mark the start of a 7,500-mile torch relay across France and the country's far-flung territories.
The relay will end in Paris on July 26 for the opening ceremony on the River Seine — the first-ever Olympic curtain-raiser held outside of a stadium.