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The City of Light shined bright on Friday after Olympics officials pulled off an ambitious opening ceremony that spanned from the Seine River to the Eiffel Tower. ... Mysterious masked torchbearer ...
A masked individual carries the torch. The opening ceremony began with a pre-recorded video of French soccer legend Zinedine Zidane carrying the famous Olympic torch and running through the ...
The Masked Torch Bearer has now been replaced by a Masked Rider. The mystery deepens! — M.B. 1:29 p.m. ... This Olympic torch-bearing is going full on Hollywood. First, a James Bond-ian race ...
The first well-known major athlete to light the cauldron was nine-time Olympic champion Paavo Nurmi at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. Other famous final torch bearers include 1960 decathlon gold medallist Rafer Johnson, who became the first person of African descent to light the cauldron at the 1984 Summer Olympics, [1] French football star Michel Platini (), heavyweight boxing champion ...
The torch relay gets weirder: The Masked Marauder took to the roofs of buildings, parkouring his way along the Seine with torch in hand, as he sped through a Louis Vuitton workshop. Of course, Les ...
At the end of the first Olympic torch relay, the Olympic flame arrives in Berlin, 1936. The Olympic torch relay, which transports the Olympic flame from Olympia, Greece to the various designated sites of the Games, had no ancient precedent and was introduced by Carl Diem at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. [16]
The 1968 Summer Olympics torch relay took part as part of the build-up to the 1968 Summer Olympics hosted in Mexico City, Mexico. The Olympic flame was lit in Olympia, Greece, and retraced the steps of Christopher Columbus, discoverer of the New World. This theme celebrated the link between Latin-American and Mediterranean civilizations.
Floriane Issert, an officer with France's National Gendarmerie, carries the Olympic flag during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics on Friday. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)