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Sprint is a television documentary series produced in a collaboration between Netflix and World Athletics, to give a behind-the-scenes look at the athletes and races of the Diamond League, World Athletics Championships, and Olympic Games.
[1] [2] The torch will be in Naples for Christmas, in Bari for New Year's Eve, and in Cortina d'Ampezzo on 26 January to commemorate 70 years since it hosted the 1956 Winter Olympics. [1] While the torch is in Piedmont , a tribute is planned for skier Matilde Lorenzi , who died while training in October 2024. [ 3 ]
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.
As everyone rings in the new year and cracks open those fresh 2025 calendars, Netflix is adding a whole new roster of TV shows, movies, specials, and live events to the streaming service in January.
The torch was first lit in April at the site of ancient Olympia, the birthplace of the Games. The International Olympic Committee said the tradition symbolized "peace and friendship among nations ...
Here's what to know on the history of the Olympic orch, the Olympic flame and more heading into 2024 Paris Olympics:
6. Piraeus 7. Acropolis of Athens 20 April 2024 1. Acropolis of Athens 2. Delphi 3. Lamia 4. Volos 21 April 2024 1. Larissa 2. Trikala 3. Kalabaka 4. Toumba 5. Thessaloniki Olympic Museum 6. Thessaloniki 22 April 2024 1. Thessaloniki 2. Philippi 3. Kavala 4. Xanthi 5. Komotini 6. Alexandroupolis 23 April 2024 1. Alexandroupolis 2 ...
Snoop Dogg learns about the pole vault on Day Three 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials Track & Field at Hayward Field on June 23, 2024, in Eugene, Oregon.