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 ...

The modern Olympic torch was first used at the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics. Inspired by ancient Greece, the torch relay signals the start of the Olympic Games, with an objective of spreading peace ...

Additionally, the torch crossed the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans as part of the “Oceans Relay,” reaching six overseas French territories: Guyana, Guadeloupe, New Caledonia, Martinique, French ...

“If we have the Olympics, I want to run,” he said. “People may think differently. But I think my torch relay can give hope to medical workers and allow us to run towards a hopeful future.” ...

Groupe BPCE will work alongside us to make the Paris 2024 Olympic Torch Relay and Paris 2024 Paralympic Torch Relay a festive and popular event that will involve French people living beyond the ...

According to a report by Herald Economy, published on February 25, 2025, BTS's Jin's participation in the Paris Olympics torch relay ... By country, India, the United States, Thailand, and Turkey ...

It is one of the 200 torches made for the English leg of the relay. The torch also bears the markings for the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. This is the prototype of the final design and was used by ...

On Monday, 3 March, Juventus was proud to host a delegation of Special Olympics athletes, and a leg of the Torch Run, which ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A Michigan State Police trooper has been selected to carry the torch at the Special Olympics World Winter Games in Turin, Italy. Specialist Trooper Jacob Lewis has ...