French Olympic gold medalists Perec and Riner light the Olympic cauldron
Torchbearers Marie-Jose Perec and French judoka Teddy Riner arrive to light the cauldron and open the 2024 Olympics. — AFP French three-time Olympic gold medalists Marie-Jose Perec and Teddy Riner lit the cauldron of the Paris 2024 Olympics on Friday during the opening ceremony, where it will burn while the Games are held in the French capital. Perets, 56, won three gold medals in two Games in athletics. Reiner, competing in Paris, has won two individual gold medals in judo and one team gold. Earlier, French President Emmanuel Macron officially declared the Paris Olympics open, at the end of a


