After a long wait to see BTS‘ member Jin again in an important event as he was recently discharged from the military service, he triumphantly carried the Paris Olympics flame, making history and becoming a worldwide trend on social networks.
A few hours ago, on July 14th, the idol was the first torchbearer of this year’s Olympics Games, starting his act at 8:30 p.m. French time, the singer walked around the Louvre Museum Pyramid, making the respective walk to hand over the flame to another of his companions who was waiting for him along the way.
11 days to go until #Paris2024! 🇫🇷
👀 Watch the Torch get closer and closer with @bts_bighit Jin 🔥@Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/zZ2rHiTTRX— The Olympic Games (@Olympics) July 14, 2024
The path that the torch will travel in total will have around 10,000 participants as relays, among which are different notable figures from around the world such as former athletes and artists, as was the case of the member of BTS who achieved great interest around the sporting event.
On social networks, fans could hide their excitement to see Jin of the boy group fulfilling such an important role in this event, leaving comments like, “We are so proud of you, Jin!“, “I love that our Jinnie is being celebrated as the legend he is!!!“, “Congrats to Jin, what an incredible moment“.
