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The design of the Olympic and torch reflected three famed areas of Australian culture: the boomerang, the Sydney Opera House, and the waters of the Indian and the Pacific Oceans. The concept also reflected the elements of earth, fire, and water. Robert Jurgens G.A. & L Harrington Pty Ltd. 72 1,000 13,000 (est.) [16] 2004: Athens, Greece
After the torch's lap around the stadium, triple gold medalists Irina Rodnina and Vladislav Tretiak carried the torch outside the stadium to light a larger version of the "celebration cauldron" used in the main torch relay at the center of the Olympic Park. A line of gas jets carried the flame from the celebration cauldron up the main cauldron ...
Here's what to know on the history of the Olympic orch, the Olympic flame and more heading into 2024 Paris Olympics:
A torch from the relay at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland. The torch was designed by Disney artist John Hench , who modeled it after the torches used in 1948 and 1956. The International Olympic Committee credits Ralph Lavers , who created the 1948 torch, as co-designing the 1960 torch with Hench. [ 4 ]
The 2024 Olympic torch (in its 1,500 copies!) has had a busy past few months. It traversed a 5,000-kilometer route through Greece, was handed over in April to the Paris Games organizers ...
The torch relay plans to showcase many of the World Heritage Sites in the country and will involve 10,001 torchbearers. [1] Applications for torchbearers are scheduled to open in February 2025. [2] On 29 November 2024, Italian comedy trio Gli Autogol were announced as official narrators for the torch relay. [4]
Before arriving at the cauldron, the Olympic torch was passed from soccer star Zinedine Zidane to tennis legends Nadal and Williams, track hero Lewis and "Perfect 10" gymnast, Nadia Comăneci.
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]