The Olympic torch reached the Eiffel Tower in Paris on June 25 in the hands of French fencer Laura Flessel.
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Athens Olympic flame lit in Paris
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Flessel, who received the torch by Stephane Diagana, lit a flame a few dozen meters from the tower to finish a 50-kilometer trip across the French capital.
Paris mayor Bertrand Delanoe, the president of the Paris regionJean-Paul Huchon, and the Greek European affairs minister Yannis Valinakis were in president at the occasion.
Source: Xinhua