The torch was lit in a traditional ceremony honoring the Olympic games' roots in Ancient Olympia Julia Moore is a TV writer-reporter at PEOPLE. A graduate of Northwestern University, she has been ...

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 ...

Ahead of each Summer Olympics, the torch is lit in the ancient site where the games were founded, connecting the event back to its roots. The torch is carried to the host city by runners and other ...

Ancient Greeks believed the track’s 210 ... no marathon and nothing resembling an Olympic torch. (The marathon was introduced in 1896 and the torch was added at Hitler’s 1936 Olympic Games ...

Twenty-four athletes would wind up with a temporary hold on the torch, with the final job going to ... The idea for the Olympic flame has its roots in ancient Greece, where a sacred fire was kept ...

Fuel pack in the torch developed by Waeco Ltd of Salisbury, now part of Pains Wessex famous for their fireworks.The torch, which bears the official markings of the 1948 games, was used in the ...

(ATR) Ancient Olympia prepares for its biennial moment in the sun. The Rio 2016 Olympic Torch relay begins Thursday with the traditional lighting of the flame at the site where the Games began ...

“The foundation for the ancient Olympic Games to take place in peace ... setting off on a flame exhibition tour. The traditional torch relay in Greece has been cancelled because of coronavirus ...

The torch was lit in a traditional ceremony honoring the Olympic games' roots in Ancient Olympia The countdown to the 2024 Olympics has officially begun. On April 16, a group gathered in Olympia ...

Fuel pack in the torch developed by Waeco Ltd of Salisbury, now part of Pains Wessex famous for their fireworks.The torch, which bears the official markings of the 1948 games, was used in the ...