Teddy Riner and Marie-Jose Perec joined the exclusive list of people to light an Olympic cauldron when they set alight the ... Twenty-four athletes would wind up with a temporary hold on the torch, ...

This year, the torch was transported to the host country ... be sure to follow Business Insider on Microsoft Start. The lighting of the Olympic cauldron symbolizes the opening of the Olympic ...

The whereabouts of the 1956 Melbourne Olympic torch meant to be on display at an Athenian Olympics museum remains a mystery.

Mystery surrounds the absence of Melbourne’s 1956 Olympic torch from a world-renowned display at the birthplace of the Modern ...

Algonquin Police Chief Dennis Walker is ready to run. He’s got the distance base, having run in the last two Chicago ...

The four-day Paralympic Torch relay reached its final destination, lighting up the Opening Ceremony (28 August ... unmasking the creative process behind the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Torches, ...

When Snoop Dogg agreed to become an Olympic torch bearer, the hip-hop star recalled an emotional, iconic moment watching Muhammad Ali light the cauldron at the 1996 Atlanta Games. "It was ...

Greek actress Mary Mina will play the role of the High Priestess that will use a parabolic polished mirror at the Temple of Hera to make sun rays light the Olympic torch. The team had to pit in ...

The AP team in Athens went above and beyond across formats to get exclusive access to the behind-the-scenes operation of lighting the Olympic flame, producing excellent work for both traditional and ...