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[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]
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.
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.
Netflix is adding to its sports docuseries lineup with three new shows centered on the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics as well as Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. In partnership with the International ...
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.
Though the Olympic torch is inspired by the Games' ancient Greece prototype, it was first used in modern form at the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics. From that time forward, the object has been ...
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 ...
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.