Olympic torch bearer Snoop Dogg carries flame of different kind through Paris

Sporting a pair of suitably golden trainers, the rapper and actor carried the Olympic flame on a short leg around the Stade de France on a damp Friday morning.

Local mayor Mathieu Hanotin announced earlier in the week Snoop Dogg would be part of the relay and locals certainly came out to support.

A huge cheer erupted as he appeared at the top of a bridge exiting the stadium area, pumping up to the crowds as he made his way down to the Seine to hand on the flame for its final journey along the river.

Snoop, whose real name is Calvin Broadus Jr, will be working as a special correspondent for American network NBC during the games having added his own particular touch to Olympic commentaries in Tokyo, when he famously described a dressage competitor as a "crip-walking horse".

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