Gabriela Bhaskar for The New York Times It flickers like a fire, but the “flame” resting in the enormous cauldron comprises 40 LED spotlights and 200 misting nozzles and is tethered to what ...

The design of the Paris 2024 Olympic flame is very different from previous ... to understand how visitors use our websites so ...

The Olympic flame relay has its genesis in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, when secretary general Carl Diem suggested a flame lit in Greece make its way to Germany. Note: Some components of ...

The flame for the London 2012 torch relay has arrived in the UK from Greece The 70-day, 8,000-mile Olympic torch relay starts at Land's End on Saturday morning The opening ceremony of the London ...

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 ...

The Olympic flame can only be lit in this way ... the Federation will seek to make the appeal successful. Rhonex Kipruto, owner of the world record for the 10000 meters on the road, was ...

The flame will depart for the southern French port city of Marseille on Saturday on a 19th century French sailing ship. It will make landfall 12 days later after a journey across the Mediterranean ...

“This Olympic flame will carry this Olympic spirit from ... the Federation will seek to make the appeal successful. Rhonex Kipruto, owner of the world record for the 10000 meters on the road ...