Singer Wang Yibo will carry the Paris Olympic torch Olympic official web...

On July 12, the Olympic official website released a message announcing that Chinese piano player Lang Lang, Chinese singer Wang Yibo, Chen Zhongwei, chairman and general manager of Hengyuanxiang Group, and Ding Shizhong, chairman of the board of directors of Anta Group, will participate in the torch relay of the 2024 Paris Olympics for two days on July 14 and 15 as Olympic torchbearers.

On July 13, a number of airport roadshow videos on the microblogging platform showed 26-year-old singer Wang Yibo, already dressed in sportswear, departing from Shanghai for Paris to prepare for his torch relay that will start at 22:49 French time on the 14th, sparking heated concern.

Wang Yibo is the ambassador for the Olympic Qualification Series-Shanghai. Photo/Olympic website

July 14th is France's national day, and the first person to pass the Olympic torch in the French capital Paris on that day will be French soccer legend Thierry Henry, while Lang Lang, Chen Zhongwei and Wang Yibo will all make an appearance to take part in the relay on July 14th.

According to the official Olympic website, Lang Lang will be the first to take over the torch at 14:45 on that day; Chen Zhongwei is scheduled to make his debut at 21:30; Wang Yibo will take over the torch at 22:49 and start passing it; and Ding Shizhong will make his appearance at the Olympic torch relay on the 15th, and his relay will start at 16:41 on that day.

It is worth noting that each torchbearer will carry the torch for a distance of 200 meters, with an average speed of 4 kilometers per hour.