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Who lit the Olympic cauldron at the 2024 Paris Olympics?

France's torchbearers judoka Teddy Riner and sprinter Marie-Jo Perec light the Olympic cauldron

By NBC Olympics

Published July 26, 2024 11:50 AM

(Photo by BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images)

Teddy Riner and Marie-Jose Perec joined the exclusive list of people to light an Olympic cauldron when they set alight the Mathieu Lehanneur-designed boiler in Paris on Friday.

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