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The torch relay (Italian: Il Viaggio della Fiamma Olimpica) for the 2026 Winter Olympics is planned to commence on 26 November 2025 in Olympia, Greece, and conclude on 6 February 2026 in Milan, Italy, coinciding with the opening ceremony at San Siro. [1]
On 29 November 2024, Italian comedy trio Gli Autogol were announced as official narrators for the torch relay. [5] The design of the torch is scheduled to be unveiled on 14 April at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan, as well as simultaneously in Milan; Osaka and Milan are twin cities. [6] [7]
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.
Sure, the Olympic torch is the star of the show now, but don’t forget about its accompanying, Mathieu Lehanneu-designed cauldron. LUDOVIC MARIN - Getty Images.
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 ...
The Olympic Torch is lit and the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics is 100 days away. The countdown clock in Paris hit the 100-day mark Tuesday. A relay of torchbearers will carry the flame ...
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.
By end of the 2024 Olympic torch relay, more than 10,000 torchbearers will have carried the Olympic torch. Here's a full breakdown of the route of the Olympic torch for the 2024 Paris Olympics ...