TOKYO (AP) — A giant flag will be flown from the Eiffel Tower tomorrow that Paris Olympic organisers claim will be the biggest in history.
The unfurling is planned during the closing ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics when the formal handover goes to the next Summer Games host in 2024.
The passing of the hosting baton will be split between the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo and a public party and concert in Paris.
“It will be biggest flag ever flown,” Paris organising committee president Tony Estanguet said, describing it as the size of a football field.
A trial flag was flown from the iconic tower in June in what is appears to have been a test for the Olympic handover.
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo is in Tokyo to take part in the closing ceremony, and French President Emmanuel Macron will take part by video link from the French capital.
Macron has strongly supported the Olympic project since being elected in 2017, weeks before Paris was confirmed as the future host.
