Snoop Dogg to carry Olympic torch
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 Agence France-Presse on Monday.
Other carriers in Saint-Denis Friday will include French actress Laetitia Casta, French rapper MC Solaar and Ukrainian retired pole-vaulter Sergey Bubka.
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— Snoop Dogg (@SnoopDogg) July 23, 2024
Snoop Dogg is not the only internationally renowned musician invited to participate in the torch relay. BTS member Jin will also carry the Olympic flame, representing South Korea in hopes of spreading the message of “harmony” and “peace”.
The Olympic flame has spent two months crossing France, and this 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 Games, nor will it be his first Olympics-related run.
He ran the 200m Race at the 2024 Summer Olympic Trials finishing third place with a time of 34.44 seconds. The rap star will also be an Olympic commentator for US television station NBC to provide the US primetime audience with his unique take on what’s happening in Paris.