They will be joined by Para triathlon star Mona Francis and Tokyo Paralympic T64 long jump silver medallist Dimitri Pavadé.

The first phase of the search for 10,000 Olympic Torchbearers and a further 1,000 to carry the Paralympic Flame is set to begin on Thursday (June 1).

Speculation has already begun over who will light the final Cauldron at the Olympic Opening Ceremony on July 26 next year, but Paris 2024 President Tony Estanguet insisted no decision had yet been made over its location.

"The Eiffel Tower has not been decided as the lighting location for the cauldron," Estanguet said.

After the Relay for the Tokyo Games, when crowds were discouraged from gathering, organisers expect the Paris 2024 event to be more like those at London 2012 and Rio 2016 when huge crowds lined the routes.

"It will be a unique and emotional experience," Paris 2024 ceremonies and celebrations director Delphine Moulin promised.

"The Relay of the Flame will launch the celebrations of the Games, form memories and make an exceptional impression on the host nation."

The Torchbearers are also expected to include "collectifs",  groups of 24 participants who will escort a "captain", who carries the Torch itself.

They will carry the Flame similar to how Japan's 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup winning team did three years ago in Fukushima, when they launched the domestic Relay to Tokyo.

Many of these groups will be drawn from sports clubs and organisations.

Organisers anticipate that most Torchbearers will carry the Flame for a distance of 200 metres.

Each will carry a Torch created by French designer Mathieu Lehanneur.

There is to be an "itinerant" security bubble around the Flame provided by police and local security forces.

The choice of many participants is to be made by Relay sponsors Coca-Cola and Banque Populaire-Caisse d’Épargne.

The French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF) and other sporting organisations will also nominate Torchbearers.

Ten per cent of those taking part are also to be chosen by local communities.

Everyone in the Relay will receive a uniform, which is to be supplied by the sports group Decathlon.

The Flame is to pass through 54 departments in France and will also visit five overseas territories including Tahiti, the designated Games venue for surfing.

It has already been revealed that the Flame will arrive in Marseille on the sailing ship Belem on May 8 2024 after a sea voyage from Greece.

The detailed itinerary for the domestic Relay is set to be revealed on June 23.

It will be the first time that an Olympic Flame has been lit for a Summer Games in France, although in 1968, the Flame was taken to Grenoble and in 1992 another extensive Relay eventually arrived in Albertville where the cauldron was lit by eight year old Cyrille Le Grange and Michel Platini.