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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.
Lehanneur was chosen to execute the torch design for this year’s games out of a vast pool of applicants. ... importance of water-based Olympic events throughout history—what with its ripply ...
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]
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
Here's what to know on the history of the Olympic orch, the Olympic flame and more heading into 2024 Paris Olympics:
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.
The hydrogen was produced via the electrolysis of water using solar power produced at a plant in the Fukushima Prefecture. Hydrogen produced by this process is known as green hydrogen . The hydrogen burns with an invisible, colourless flame unlike propane , which has is traditionally used as a fuel in previous Olympic flames.
The Olympic torch will finally enter France when it reaches the southern seaport of Marseille on Wednesday. The Belem was first used in 1896, the same year the modern Olympics came back. It will ...