Former French athletics champion Marie-Jose Perec (3R) holds the Olympic torch aloft as she stands next to French skipper Armel Le Cleac'h (2R), French President of the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics Organising Committee (Cojo) Tony Estanguet (L), and French model Marine Lorphelin (3L) onboard Banque Populaire XI in Pointe-a-Pitre as part of the Olympic torch relay in the French overseas territory of Guadeloupe, on June 15, 2024 ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The Olympic flame began its journey overseas on June 9 in Guiana, as part of the "Ocean Relay" which will then take it to Reunion Island, French Polynesia, Guadeloupe and Martinique. (Photo by Lara Balais / AFP) (Photo by LARA BALAIS/AFP via Getty Images)