Flame for Berlin 2023 Special Olympics World Games lit in Athens
ATHENS, June 7 (Xinhua) -- The Flame of Hope, which will be burning for the Berlin 2023 Special Olympics World Games, was lit here on Wednesday.
The ritual ceremony was held with the participation of Special Olympics athletes in the tradition of lighting of the flame for the Olympic Games.
The event was hosted at Zappeion exhibition hall, near the stadium which hosted the first modern Olympics in 1896.