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BTS’ Jin Thanks ARMY For Support On 2024 Summer Olympics Torch Run Through Paris: ‘I Am Truly Grateful’

BTS' Jin thanked ARMY for their support on Sunday (July 14) when they cheered him during his portion of the 2024 Summer Olympics torch run in Paris.

I was able to take on the honorable role of a torchbearer thanks to the support of ARMY (BTS’ official fandom),” Jin said in a statement after participating in the relay on Sunday (July 14), which also happened to be Bastille Day. Fans lined the streets to get a glimpse of Jin — dressed all in white — as he grabbed the torch on the Rue de Rivoli from a torchbearer on a bicycle and led the portion of the run that went by the Louvre Museum. Surrounded by a police escort, Jin carried the flame around 200 meters (and approximately 10 minutes) before handing it back over to Sandra Laoura, a former French national freestyle skier in front of the iconic Louvre Pyramid.

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