The Olympic flame reached the top of the world Thursday. ... "It was so difficult," he said at the CCTV studio set up at base camp, ... The main Olympic torch is on the opposite side of China.

The torch designed for the 1972 Summer Games had the inscription "Spiele der XX Olympiad München 1972," the Olympic rings on its handle, and the emblem of the Games on a platform at the base of ...

The Olympic torch’s one job is to stay lit no matter what. And honestly, I never gave much thought to how that was accomplished. Lots of tiki torch fluid?

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay Grand Start torchbearers from the Japan's women's national soccer team lead the torch relay in Naraha, Fukushima prefecture on March 25, 2021. Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool ...

The flame, carried in a tiny canister from Greece, reached Japan aboard a white aircraft painted with the inscription “Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay” along its side. The tail section was ...

The Olympic torch — specifically, the Olympic flame — is perhaps one of the most sacred traditions of the Olympic Games. It dates back to the 1936 Berlin Olympics, ...

PARIS — The lighting of the Olympic torch was a celebration of some of the biggest stars of French sports, both known to the world and not: Zinedine Zidane, the talisman of the France team that ...

The 68-day Olympic torch route for the 2024 Paris Olympics began on Wednesday, May 8 in Marseille, France. Since then, the Olympic torch has crossed through 64 territories in France, ...

Paris Olympics flame lit as athletes prepare for Summer Games 03:50. The Olympic flame has been lit in Olympia, Greece, kicking off the torch relay for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

The Olympic flame-lighting ceremony has roots in ancient Greece and connects modern Olympic Games to their origin. The flame for the Paris games was lit on April 16, 2024.

Olympic Torch being carried by Ray Tinnin of Houston, accompanied by David Vigil of San Francisco, in front of the Fort Worth Convention Center as part of the 1984 Olympic Torch Relay. Joe Giron ...