with the lighting of the Olympic cauldron at the opening ceremony, marking the unofficial start of the Summer Games. The International Olympic Committee says the flame "is a manifestation of the ...

The AP team in Athens went above and beyond across formats to get exclusive access to the behind-the-scenes operation of lighting the Olympic flame, producing excellent work for both traditional and ...

The flame for the 9th Asian Winter Games was lit Monday at the Sun Island Scenic Area in Harbin, capital of Heilongjiang ...

Teddy Riner and Marie-Jose Perec joined the exclusive list of people to light an Olympic cauldron when they set alight the Mathieu Lehanneur-designed boiler in Paris on Friday. It looked as if ...

“This flame is the true Olympic Flame, in the wake of the lighting ceremony in Olympia and of the Olympic Torch Relay throughout France. “Given the specificity of our cauldron and the ...

An Olympic flame will be lit at a ceremony in ancient ... a parabolic polished mirror at the Temple of Hera to make sun rays light the Olympic torch. The team had to pit in the opening hours ...

You bet! But most of the time, the torch goes out or just won’t light. That’s why Olympic planners always keep a secret weapon on hand — backup flames! The initial flame is lit in Olympia ...

April 17, 2024 The Olympic flame being lit in Athens in 2017 for the Winter Games in Pyeongchang ... Many Christian politicians opposed staging the Olympics in the city, regarding it as a heathen ...

Roger Lebranchu who survived almost two years in Nazi concentration camps and was the oldest person to carry the Olympic ...

The mayor of London will light a "legacy flame" on 22 July to mark the 10th anniversary of the Olympic Games. Organisers said they hoped it would reawaken the "feel good" spirit felt by many ...

But perhaps the most poignant moment was the lighting of the Olympic Cauldron. Nineteen-year-old Yoshinori Sakai mounted the 163 steps to the cauldron and ignited the flame at three minutes and ...

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 ...