Per tradition, the torch was lit on April 15 in Olympia, Greece, honoring the historical birthplace of the Ancient Olympic Games, which date back to 776 BC. Once lit, 600 torchbearers carried the ...

ATHENS (AP) — The flame that will burn at the Paris Olympics has been formally handed over to French organizers at a ceremony in Greece. Friday’s ceremony was held in the all-marble ...

The Olympic torch will be used in the worldwide relay ... The relay will come to an end August 13, 2004 during the Opening Ceremony for the Athens Games. The Kenyan received the maximum sanction ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The flame that will burn at the Olympics is spending the night ... when the champagne-colored torch travels to Delphi, an important ancient Greek religious center, before ...

And I want to know why. Where is it? The Melbourne 1956 Olympic torch is the only one missing from the display at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens. Picture: Athos Sirianos A poster is all we’ve ...

Wyatt Wheetley is enjoying Athens, Greece ahead of next month’s 2025 Special Olympics World Winter Games. The Torch Run begins in Athens, the birthplace of the first modern Olympics back in 1896.

On Tuesday, Feb. 25, the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Idaho announced that Trooper Cagle had arrived in Athens, Greece. The tradition of the LETR Final Leg is for law enforcement ...

(WLNS) — One of Michigan’s very own helped deliver the Flame of Hope during the opening ceremony of the 2025 Special Olympics World ... took the torch from Athens and ran it to the venue ...