The ceremonial lighting of the Olympic flame for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris took place in Ancient Olympia on April 16 ATHENS, April 26. /TASS/. A ceremony of handing over the Olympic ...

Per tradition, the torch was lit on April 15 in Olympia, Greece, honoring the historical birthplace of the Ancient Olympic Games ... more than 10,000 torchbearers carrying the flame through over 400 ...

beginning the long journey which will span over 3,000 miles as the torch makes its way to Paris for the start of the 2024 Olympics on July 26. Socrates Baltagiannis/picture alliance via Getty ...

The torch and its component parts passed all the necessary tests in the harshest possible conditions. Russia’s Olympic Committee says on its website 14,000 Olympic torches and over 1,000 ...

the torch carrying the Olympic flame made its way from Greece to France on May 8. About 10,000 torch-bearers over a 69-day period will take turns hoisting the flame throughout France until it ...