The sacred flame for the Paris Olympics 2024 was lit on Tuesday in Olympia, Greece, the birthplace of the ancient Games, in a ceremony inspired by antiquity and marked by messages of hope amid ...

The use of a 'fake flame' in the cauldron comes after the torch for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games was lit in ancient Olympia in a traditional ceremony. Months before each games, the flame is lit at ...

The idea for the Olympic flame has its roots in ancient Greece, where a sacred fire was kept burning throughout the Ancient Olympics in deference to "the gods." A symbolic fire was introduced in 1928 ...

Seven candidates in the IOC presidential election came to the most sacred Olympic site two days before the contest Thursday ...

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 ...

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, April 16. /TASS/. An Olympic flame will be lit at a ceremony in ancient Olympia on Tuesday for the 2024 summer games in Paris. The ceremony will be attended by Greek President ...

The ceremonial lighting of the Olympic flame for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris took place in Ancient Olympia on April 16. That day, Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou, President of ...

In a speech kicking off the ceremonies, Aristides Panagiotopoulos, the mayor of ancient Olympia ... boats escorting the flame into the city's Old Port, per the official Olympics website.

Rain at Ancient Olympia meant the ceremonial opening of the four-day meeting could not take place at the Temple of Hera where the Olympic flame is lit before each Summer Games and Winter Games ...