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2. List of Olympic torch designs - Wikipedia

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   The triangular shape of torches represents the three Olympic values (respect, excellence and friendship), elements of the Olympic motto – faster, higher, stronger, Olympic Games hosted by the United Kingdom (1908, 1948 and 2012), tri-vision of the 2012 Summer Olympics (sport, education and culture). The Olympic torch is gold. Edward Barber and

3. Everything to Know About the 2024 Olympic Torch

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   Though the Olympic torch is inspired by the Games' ancient Greece prototype, it was first used in modern form at the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics. From that time forward, the object has been ...

4. Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic torch unveiled

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   Over the decades, the torch’s appearance has become an important part of Olympic custom. Often a visual representation of the host country, recent designs have embodied the sleek architecture of ...

5. What is the Olympic torch? History, symbolism of Olympic ...

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   The 68-day Olympic torch route for the 2024 Paris Olympics began on Wednesday, May 8 in Marseille, France. ... An official re-lit the flame with a cigarette lighter, though it was doused and re ...

6. 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics cauldron - Wikipedia

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   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]

7. Olympic flame - Wikipedia

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   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]

8. 2024 Summer Paralympics torch relay - Wikipedia

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   The French Olympic Committee commissioned Mathieu Lehanneur (born 1974), [4] [5] 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. [6]

9. Watch as Paris 2024 Olympic torch design unveiled

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   Watch as the design of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Torch is unveiled on Tuesday 25 July, with one year to go until the Games. Ahead of the opening ceremony on Friday 26 July 2024, the ...