He recently published a book about Japan's first Olympics in Tokyo in 1964, and he hopes to be in Fukushima for the start of the torch relay next March. On October 10, 1964, I was just one year ...

There perhaps is not a more symbolic and equally visible item at the Olympic Games than the Olympic torch. Whether it was ...

The Olympic flame has been lit in Olympia, Greece, kicking off the torch relay for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Ahead of each ...

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 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 ...

Olympic history goes back nearly 2,800 years, and a big part of that history is the Olympic torch. How bright is your Olympic torch knowledge? Take this quiz to find out What information do we ...

ATLANTA—Who will carry the Olympic flame in the 15,000-mile 1996 Olympic Torch Relay? Americans answered that question themselves by serving on community-based judging panels to select "heroes ...

(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 official route for the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay has been revealed - and it will pass through several Lancashire towns. The Olympic torch will set off from Land’s End on May 19 and ...

What is the size of the Olympic soccer rosters? Is there an age limit? An Olympic soccer team roster consists of 18 players, of which 11 participate in the match at a given time. Seven players can be ...

In Olympic gymnastics, the score for an athlete is based on two different components; the Execution Score and Difficulty Score. Each Execution Score starts at 10.0 points. The judges on the execution ...