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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 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 ]
Rafer Johnson, pictured as a flagbearer at the 1960 Summer Olympics, was the first torchbearer. A runner carrying the torch near Tampa, Florida Muhammad Ali, the surprise final torchbearer, pictured in 2004. After burning in Athens for three weeks, HOC president Antonios Tzikas formally handed the flame to ACOG president Billy Payne on April 26.
A three-time Olympic gold medalist in judo, he triumphed in the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Games. ... Through most of the Opening Ceremony, a mysterious torchbearer carried the flame around the city ...
Greek Olympic gold medalist Stefanos Ntouskos is the first torchbearer for this year's relay. - Elinda Labropoulou/CNN Ntouskos said he was a little bit anxious ahead of competing at Paris 2024 ...
Mysterious masked torchbearer captivates the internet Throughout the ceremony, a mysterious hooded and masked figure whizzed across a zip line from rooftop to rooftop, and along the Seine, as the ...
Yoshinori Sakai (坂井 義則, Sakai Yoshinori, August 6, 1945 – September 10, 2014) was the Olympic flame torchbearer who lit the cauldron at the 1964 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo. Biography [ edit ]
The 2024 Summer Olympic torch relay ran from 16 April 2024 until 26 July 2024. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] After it was lit in Olympia, Greece , the torch then travelled through Greece, arriving at Athens on 26 April.