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When a torch goes out, it is re-lit (or another torch is lit) from one of the backup sources. Thus, the fires contained in the torches and Olympic cauldrons all trace a common lineage back to the same Olympia lighting ceremony.
Per Olympic tradition, which goes back nearly a century, the cauldron must remain lit for the duration of the Games, and then is extinguished during the Closing Ceremony. Show comments Advertisement
How does the Olympic torch travel to the Olympics? It's a two-step process. First, following the lighting of the Olympic flame in Greece, the Olympic torch is brought to the host city of that year ...
The torch is a reminder of man's mastery over fire; a flaming branch is dragged out of the fire, and as it is raised the flame travels up its length. When you run with such a branch, it burns like a flaming flag. Norwegian craftsmanship has been applied to the design of the Olympic torch.
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.
Olympic torch designs throughout the years have been known to not shy away from pops of color (all moderated and tasteful, of course), and this year's model is no exception.
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]
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