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Each day, the relay covered a different part of France. Several French cities and towns received the flame, as well as one or two iconic places, such as historical places or natural landmarks. One or two team relays also took place: 24 participants, led by a captain and representing an Olympic or Paralympic French sports federation, carried the ...
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.
The French Olympic Committee commissioned Mathieu Lehanneur (born 1974), [1] [2] to design the cauldron, torch, and ceremonial cauldrons along the torch relay route: Lehanneur developed a concept of having these three items symbolise France's national motto, "Liberté, égalité, fraternité" ("Liberty, equality, fraternity"), and gold, silver, and bronze medals respectively. [3]
Here's what to know on the history of the Olympic orch, the Olympic flame and more heading into 2024 Paris Olympics:
Per the Paris 2024 site, equality is reflected in the fact that the torch design is uniform for both the Olympics and Paralympics, as well as that “the same number of male and female athletes ...
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2024 Summer Olympics torch relay; 2026 Winter Olympics torch relay; L. List of Olympic torch designs This page was last edited on 1 August 2024, at 12:20 (UTC). ...
Watch as the design of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Torch is unveiled on Tuesday 25 July, with one year to go until the Games. Ahead of the opening ceremony on Friday 26 July 2024, the ...