The lighting of the Olympic cauldron symbolizes the opening of the Olympic Games. That makes it a pretty big deal to Olympic fans and organizers alike. Each ceremony puts its own spin on the ...

The opening ceremony of the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 was ground-breaking in that ... Paralympic archer Antonio Rebello ignited the Olympic Cauldron by firing a flaming arrow over it.

Marie-Jose Perec, 56, was also born in Guadeloupe and also has three gold medals to her name, winning one at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and two at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. The Olympic cauldron for ...

Le May Doan was unable to light the cauldron during the Opening Ceremony and participated in the Closing Ceremony. Note: Some components of NBCOlympics.com may not be optimized for users browsing with ...

PARIS (AP) — The Olympic cauldron that made a stunning first flight at the Paris Games opening ceremony will sit on the ground during the day and rise again every evening. Paris Olympics ...

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron announced Friday that the cauldron balloon, one of the Paris Olympics ' most admired attractions, would float in the skies over the French capital ...

Perec, 56, won three gold medals across two Olympics in athletics and was the heavy favourite to light the cauldron near the ... at the Barcelona Games in 1992 before claiming a 200-400 double ...

PARIS (Reuters) - The identity of the person who lights the Olympic cauldron on the night of the ... won the 400 metres title at the Barcelona Games in 1992 before achieving the 200-400m double ...