but the “flame” resting in the enormous cauldron comprises 40 LED spotlights and 200 misting nozzles and is tethered to what looks like a gigantic hot-air balloon that will rise into the air ...

The flame-free Olympic balloon tethered to a cauldron that was an iconic symbol of last summer's Games in Paris is to return to the French capital every year up until the next edition in Los ...

The move was a nod to the Montgolfier brothers, the French pioneers of the hot air balloon. Their first designs took flight in 1783 in the same location as the Olympic flame at Paris 2024.

The night the Olympic and Paralympic cauldron first flew over Paris, its designer Mathieu Lehanneur held his breath: Nothing could go wrong. The balloon, lit by the Olympic torch and set off into ...

The giant balloon that carried the Olympic flame into the night sky is to be on display in the Jardin des Tuileries every summer until the next Summer Olympics in Los Angeles in 2028.

The ring of flames is seven meters in diameter and the 'balloon' is 30 meters high and 22 meters wide. Designer Mathieu Lehanneur's creation is said to "conclude" the allegory of the French motto of ...

The gigantic flame-free balloon, which became an iconic image of the Paris 2024 Summer Games, will make an annual comeback to the French capital until the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028, President ...

The unique version of the Olympic flame, located in the Tuileries Gardens ... it is drawn up into the sky for two hours by a 30-metre helium balloon, coated in light-reflecting satin paint.

Macron said the balloon would return to the same Tuileries Gardens where it was launched during the Games, near the Louvre museum. The flame-free Olympic balloon tethered to a cauldron that was an ...