The Flame is Lit for World Video games Berlin 2023

The Flame of Hope™ is likely one of the most necessary symbols of the Video games and stands above all for peace, unity and hope. Earlier than the official begin, the flame is historically lit in a colourful ceremony in Athens, and that is additionally the case for the Particular Olympics World Video games Berlin 2023.

After the ceremonial ignition within the temple Zappeion Megaron, the “Flame of Hope” was offered by the Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou, the German Ambassador Dr. Ernst Reichel and plenty of different individuals of the Particular Olympics motion. Ernst Reichel and plenty of different individuals of the Particular Olympics motion handed over the “Flame of Hope” to Sven Albrecht (CEO Particular Olympics World Video games Berlin 2023), Mahmut Özdemir (Parliamentary State Secretary on the Federal Ministry of the Inside and for House Affairs) and Dr. Nicola Böcker-Giannini (State Secretary for Sport on the Senate Division for the Inside Affairs and Sport).

They in flip offered the torch to Particular Olympics athletes Vassiliki Katsoudi and Natascha Wermelskirchen, who, along with Berlin police officer Maja Seidel, began the primary torch run by the streets of Athens to the German Faculty.

Natascha Wermelskirchen, first German torch runner, Particular Olympics footballer and #Berlin2023 participant, stated: “What a day. To be one of many first torch runners in Athens makes me very proud. I am wanting ahead to bringing the flame to Berlin for the Video games.”

Torch run as a logo for solidarity

And the journey continues because the Flame of Hope™ will now be dropped at Germany to the Particular Olympics World Video games Berlin 2023, touching German soil in Berlin already tomorrow.

It will lead into the official torch run (LETR® Closing Leg), which can run by Brandenburg and Berlin from 14 to 17 June, stopping off at a number of host towns.

On prime, the so-called “Inclusion Day powered by Particular Olympics” will happen on 13 June as an extra program to the standard LETR® Closing Leg. Host cities throughout Germany have the chance to attract consideration to the Particular Olympics motion with their very own torch run.

As a grand finale, the Flame of Hope™ will arrive on the Opening Ceremony within the Olympiastadion Berlin on 17 June.