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 ...

The Olympic Flame or Olympic Torch is a symbol of the Olympic Games. Commemorating the theft of fire from the Greek god Zeus by Prometheus, its origins lie in ancient Greece, where a fire was kept ...

Stefanos Ntouskos 🇬🇷 hands the flame to Laure Manaudou 🇫🇷, an Olympic champion swimmer. On May 8, the torch will begin its journey from Marseille until it reaches Paris on July 26 to ...

Video has also emerged of a woman attempting to extinguish the Olympic torch flame during the leg in Mito city by squirting a water pistol. In a clip widely shared on social media, Kayoko ...