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The 2024 Summer Olympic torch relay ran from 16 April 2024 until 26 July 2024. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] After it was lit in Olympia, Greece , the torch then travelled through Greece, arriving at Athens on 26 April.
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 ...
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]
Sure, the Olympic torch is the star of the show now, but don’t forget about its accompanying, Mathieu Lehanneu-designed cauldron. LUDOVIC MARIN - Getty Images.
The lighting of the Olympic torch will get the big screen treatment this summer thanks to a new partnership between NBC and Imax. ... will air its live coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics Opening ...
A majestic three-mast ship carried the Olympic torch from Greece for the welcoming ceremony at sunset Wednesday in the city's old port. The torch was lit in Greece last month before it was ...
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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