American rapper Snoop Dogg will be among the carriers of the Olympic flame this Friday as it makes its final rounds before the Paris Games' opening ceremony.
He will carry it through the streets of Saint-Denis, the ethnically diverse northern Paris suburb that is home to the Olympic Stadium and Aquatics Centre, the town's mayor Mathieu Hanotin told French news agency AFP on Monday.
Other carriers in Saint-Denis Friday will include French actress Laetitia Casta, French rapper MC Solaar , French actor Jean-Pascal Zadi and Ukrainian retired pole-vaulter Sergey Bubka.
The Olympic flame has spent two months crossing France, and Friday morning it will be carried through the athletes' village which straddles Saint-Denis and neighbouring Saint-Ouen, before going to the Olympic Stadium and the Aquatics Centre a few kilometres away.
Snoop Dogg, 52, was born in greater Los Angeles, which will host the next Games in 2028.
The torch relay will not be the rapper's only appearance at the 2024 Games as he will also be an Olympic commentator for US television station NBC.
Olympic torch continues its final relay across France
Meanwhile, Team USA have announced two-time Olympic gold medallist LeBron James as the male flagbearer carrying the nation's flag at the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024.
The NBA's all-time leading scorer will become the first male basketball player to carry the Stars and Stripes at an opening ceremony during the parade of athletes on 26 July in Paris.
He will be accompanied by tennis woman Coco Gauff, the 2023 US Open champion.
At just 20 years old, Gauff will lead the US tennis team and represent her country as the first American tennis player in history and the youngest American to ever carry the flag during the opening ceremony.
(with AFP)
