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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.
The torch relay plans to showcase many of the World Heritage Sites in the country and will involve 10,001 torchbearers. [1] Applications for torchbearers are scheduled to open in February 2025. [2] On 29 November 2024, Italian comedy trio Gli Autogol were announced as official narrators for the torch relay. [4]
At the end of the first Olympic torch relay, the Olympic flame arrives in Berlin, 1936. The Olympic torch relay, which transports the Olympic flame from Olympia, Greece to the various designated sites of the Games, had no ancient precedent and was introduced by Carl Diem at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. [16]
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 ...
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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.
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 ]
Here's what to know on the history of the Olympic orch, the Olympic flame and more heading into 2024 Paris Olympics: