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  2. Olympic flame - Wikipedia

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    The Olympic torch travels routes that symbolise human achievement or the history of the host country. Although most of the time the torch with the Olympic flame is still carried by runners, it has been transported in many different ways.

  3. List of torchbearers who have lit the Olympic cauldron

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    The tradition of carrying the Olympic flame from Olympia, Greece, the birthplace of the Ancient Olympic Games, to the host city of the modern Olympic Games via a torch relay was first introduced in 1936, ahead of the 1936 Summer Olympics. Since then, famous athletes (active or retired) with significant sporting achievements while representing ...

  4. 1936 Summer Olympics torch relay - Wikipedia

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    The 1936 Summer Olympics torch relay was the first of its kind, following on from the reintroduction of the Olympic Flame at the 1928 Games. It pioneered the modern convention of moving the flame via a relay system from Greece to the Olympic venue. Leni Riefenstahl filmed the relay for the award-winning but controversial 1938 film Olympia.

  5. What is the Olympic torch? History, symbolism of Olympic ...

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    Here's what to know on the history of the Olympic orch, the Olympic flame and more heading into 2024 Paris Olympics:

  6. List of Olympic torch relays - Wikipedia

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    The Olympic torch relay is the ceremonial relaying of the Olympic flame from Olympia, Greece, to the site of an Olympic Games. It was introduced at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, as a way for Adolf Hitler to highlight the Nazi claim of Aryan connections of Germany to Greece. [1] It has taken place prior to every Games since.

  7. List of Olympic torch designs - Wikipedia

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    Taken inspiration from the Beijing 2008 cauldron and the Olympic Green as a representation of the fact that Beijing is the first city who has hosted both the Summer and Winter Olympics, the torch features patterns of clouds and snowflakes painted from the bottom up to the flame. The torch resembles two overlapping, fluttering ribbons.

  8. Paris 2024: The Olympic flame is ... not really a flame

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    “A premium Paris 2024 partner helped us with the cauldron in order to avoid having to use carbon fuels in order to light up the torch and the cauldron for the duration of the Games," said Tony ...

  9. Olympic symbols - Wikipedia

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    The modern tradition of moving the Olympic flame via a relay system from Greece to the Olympic venue began with the Berlin Games in 1936. Months before the Games are held, the Olympic flame is lit on a torch, with the rays of the Sun concentrated by a parabolic reflector, at the site of the Ancient Olympics in Olympia, Greece. The torch is then ...