I’m very lucky,’ says award-winning baker and Olympic torch bearer Tharshan Selvarajah
09 May 2024 |
3:32 pm
The Olympic flame arrives in France from Greece this Wednesday. Some 10,000 people will have the honour of carrying the torch for part of its relay around the country, from ordinary citizens to VIPs. One of these torch bearers is a Paris-based, Sri Lankan-born baker who only came to France for the first time in 2006.
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