Per tradition, the torch was lit on April 15 in Olympia, Greece, honoring the historical birthplace of the Ancient Olympic Games, which date back to 776 BC. Once lit, 600 torchbearers carried the ...

On April 16, a group gathered in Olympia, Greece, the birthplace of the games, to kick off the ceremony with a traditional lighting of the Olympic torch. Actress Mary Mina starred as the high ...

April 16 (UPI) --A symbolic lighting of the Olympic torch early Tuesday in Olympia, Greece, heralded the coming of the 2024 Paris Olympics this summer. The ceremony at the site of the stadium ...

For the first time in the history of the Games, the cauldron — a 7-meter (23-feet) diameter ring of fire supported by a giant ...

Every Olympic Games begins with the Olympic torch relay. The torch is lit in Greece and passed from one torchbearer to the next. In the end it reaches whichever city is hosting the games.

The Olympic Flame or Olympic Torch is a symbol of the Olympic Games. Commemorating the theft of fire from the Greek god Zeus by Prometheus, its origins lie in ancient Greece, where a fire was kept ...

Delegations arrive at the Trocadero as spectators watch French singer Philippe Katerine performing on a giant screen in Paris ...

The balloon, lit by the Olympic torch and set off into the sky ... His idea, inspired by the ancient Greek Olympic flame ceremony, was to represent freedom — one of the three words in the ...

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