The torch will now travel on a 68-day relay before it arrives in the French capital, where it will set ablaze the Olympic ...

(ATR) The Rio 2016 Olympic Torch relay begins Thursday with the traditional lighting of the flame at Ancient Olympia.

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 ...

and Tokyo 2020 to watch the first torch bearer, Rio 2016 pistol-shooting gold medallist Anna Korakaki, carry the flame away from the Ancient Olympic Stadium to start the relay. It will then travel ...

(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 modern Olympic torch was first used at the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics. Inspired by ancient Greece, the torch relay signals the start of the Olympic Games, with an objective of spreading peace ...

Actor Jackie Chan was so excited to carry the Olympic torch atop the Great Wall that he woke up at 4 a.m. on Thursday morning and braved 12-degree weather. Chan was among the torchbearers who carried ...

The history of the Olympic torch relay began in 1936. The flame ignited in Greece, the birthplace of the ancient Olympics, was transported to Nazi Germany and frenzied spectators lined the route.

What happens when a beloved Chinese giant panda encounters the Olympic torch relay? Yuan Zi, a giant panda living in France, perhaps says, “I don’t quite understand the torch relay.