US-Rapper Snoop Dogg applauded as Olympic Torchbearer in Paris suburb
Snoop Dogg will comment for NBC at the Olympic Games, which officially open on Friday. Among the torch bearers on the last day was also the former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
Anticipation builds as to who will ultimately extinguish the Olympic flame at the end of the opening ceremony. In 1992, a paralympic Spanish archer ignited the Olympic flame in Barcelona in a spectacular way with an arrow shot. The method and by whom the fire will be lit this year remains a secret until the last minute.
Even the President of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach wanted to be surprised in the last minute. Speculation is over the three-time Olympic champion Marie-José Pérec. Names like Lilian Thuram or Zinedine Zidane are also mentioned.
Among the torch bearers were also the AFP photographer Christina Assi, who had one leg amputated after being injured in Lebanon, and the wheelchair-bound Kevin Piette, who moved with the help of an exoskeleton.
The Olympic flame, which arrived by boat in Marseille on May 8 and has been carried through the country since then, reached Paris early in the afternoon on a boat on the Canal Saint-Martin. Several million spectators followed the traditional torch relay.
- During his time in Paris for the Olympic Games, the US-Rapper Snoop Dogg will provide commentary for NBC.
- Ban Ki-moon, the former UN Secretary-General, participated in the Olympic Games as a torchbearer, adding a political touch to the event.
- Anticipation is high in Paris, as they prepare for the Opening Ceremony of the Olympics, eagerly waiting to discover who will be the final torchbearer to extinguish the flame.
- In the spirit of inclusivity, AFP photographer Christina Assi, who lost a leg in Lebanon, and wheelchair-bound Kevin Piette, supported by an exoskeleton, carried the Olympic torch as well.
- Parisian streets became alive with excitement as Snoop Dogg, dressed as a Parisian, was spotted as one of the Olympic torchbearers, spreading joy and surprise among the crowds before his live performance at the NBC studio.
- As the Opening Ceremony approaches, speculation continues to swirl around the potential Olympic Games commentator, Snoop Dogg, and his stance on Parisian suburbs, inspired by his encounter as a torchbearer, possibly discussing topics relevant to his roots and the 'suburb' lifestyle.
