"Got too spooky"
Neureuther’s Olympic torch is taken away from him
A curious scene occurred before the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris: Germany's former ski star Felix Neureuther suddenly had the Olympic torch in his hand. However, it was taken away from the 40-year-old shortly afterwards.
"I really don't know what to say right now, but I've just been allowed to carry the original Olympic torch from the opening ceremony," said Neureuther, who is working as an expert for ARD in Paris, on TV. "It got a bit too spooky for the steward and he took it away from me again. But hey: the feeling is incredible!"
How did it come about? Neureuther was at the Louvre for the filming of a TV report. The rehearsal for the opening ceremony was taking place there at the same time.
Neureuther describes "crazy scenario"
It was "such a crazy scenario", Neureuther said in the studio. "It was crazy anyway that we even got in there. It was three days ago, when the security checks weren't so tight. Then I saw a young lady there with a torch in her hand and a security guard next to her. Then I asked the woman if it was the torch from the opening ceremony. When she said yes, I asked if I could hold the torch." An unforgettable experience ...
This article has been automatically translated,
read the original article here.
Kommentare
Liebe Leserin, lieber Leser,
die Kommentarfunktion steht Ihnen ab 6 Uhr wieder wie gewohnt zur Verfügung.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen
das krone.at-Team
User-Beiträge geben nicht notwendigerweise die Meinung des Betreibers/der Redaktion bzw. von Krone Multimedia (KMM) wieder. In diesem Sinne distanziert sich die Redaktion/der Betreiber von den Inhalten in diesem Diskussionsforum. KMM behält sich insbesondere vor, gegen geltendes Recht verstoßende, den guten Sitten oder der Netiquette widersprechende bzw. dem Ansehen von KMM zuwiderlaufende Beiträge zu löschen, diesbezüglichen Schadenersatz gegenüber dem betreffenden User geltend zu machen, die Nutzer-Daten zu Zwecken der Rechtsverfolgung zu verwenden und strafrechtlich relevante Beiträge zur Anzeige zu bringen (siehe auch AGB). Hier können Sie das Community-Team via unserer Melde- und Abhilfestelle kontaktieren.