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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 cauldron. The 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics cauldron was used for the Olympic flame during the Summer Olympics and Paralympics of London 2012. The cauldron was designed by Thomas Heatherwick and described as "one of the best-kept secrets of the opening ceremony": until it was lit during the Olympics ceremony, neither its design and location, nor who would light it, had been revealed ...
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PARIS — After a spectacular Opening Ceremony on the River Seine, Marie-José Pérec and Teddy Riner lit the Olympic cauldron to officially inaugurate the 2024 Games here on Friday. And it wasn ...
Marie-José Pérec: One of France’s most famous Olympic athletes, Pérec won three gold medals in track and field over the 1992 and 1996 Games.She was named an Officer of the Legion of Honour ...
The Olympic flame cauldron was lit by a flaming arrow, shot by Paralympic archer Antonio Rebollo. The arrow had been lit by the flame of the Olympic Torch. Rebollo overshot the cauldron [1] which was the original design of the lighting scheme. [2] [3]
They lit a cauldron attached to a giant balloon, which then floated into the Paris night. ... Athletes from the United States travel by boat down the Seine River in Paris, France, during the ...
The young athletes lit some of the petals, and when the flame had spread to all of them, the pipes rose slowly from the floor of the stadium and converged to form the cauldron. [97] The cauldron lighters were (nominator in brackets): [98] Callum Airlie (Shirley Robertson) Jordan Duckitt (Duncan Goodhew) Desiree Henry (Daley Thompson)