Galina Shlyakhov was one of the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics torchbearers thanks to a gratitude ... asked entrants to write a ...

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 ...

On August 1, 1936, Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler opened the 11th Olympic Games ... relay "was planned with immense care by the Nazi leadership to project the image of the Third Reich as a modern ...

The 2020 Tokyo Games organizing committee on Feb. 25 announced a new set of guidelines for the Olympic torch relay, scheduled to start in a month, to reduce the risk of infection from the novel ...

The Paralympic Torch Relay passed through all eight ... torchbearers who will take part in the Sochi 2014 relay. The uniform was designed by BOSCO company, the general partner of the Sochi 2014 ...

Weekend highlights include unusual modes of transportation for the relay ... The journey of the torch will end today in Campbell River with a more modern hip-hop dance celebration mixed with ...

The lighting ceremony connects the ancient Games, which were first held in Olympia, Greece, in 776 BC, to the modern Olympics ... part in this year's Olympic torch relay. What happens during ...

They said young Japanese wanted to become friends with the athletes, and wanted them to tell the world that Japan was a new, modern ... to the start of the Olympic torch relay next March.

Every Olympic Games begins with the Olympic torch relay. The torch is lit in Greece and passed from one torchbearer to the next. In the end it reaches whichever city is hosting the games.

The Olympic torch relay for the Paris 2024 Games commenced in Marseille, France, marking the beginning of its journey across the country. Marseille, renowned for its vibrant sports culture ...

International Olympic Committee (IOC) chief Thomas Bach confirmed yesterday that the torch relay for this year’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro will include a stop at a refugee camp in Athens. Bach also ...

Women made their first appearance in the modern Olympics ... Games whilst also being the first to feature the Olympic torch relay, which was carried from Olympia to Berlin. American Jesse Owens ...