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The Olympic flame is lit at Olympia, Greece, several months before the Olympic Games. This ceremony starts the Olympic torch relay , which formally ends with the lighting of the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.
Dilnigar Ilhamjan and Zhao Jiawen lit the cauldron at the Winter Olympics in Beijing in 2022. The tradition of carrying the Olympic flame from Olympia, Greece, the birthplace of the Ancient Olympic Games, to the host city of the modern Olympic Games via a torch relay was first introduced in 1936, ahead of the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Taking up position in the centre of the Montjuic Olympic Stadium, Paralympic archer AntonioRebollo took hold of a burning arrow lit by the flame and fired it at the cauldron, setting light toit.
Oct 24, 2017 · On both occasions, the flame was lit in the hearth of the house of Sondre Norheim, a legendary figure of Norwegian skiing in the 19th century. Meanwhile, the flame for Cortina d’Ampezzo 1956 was lit in Rome, on the steps of the Temple of Jupiter on Capitoline Hill.
Jul 25, 2021 · An employee of the Electric Utility of Amsterdam lit the first modern Olympic flame in the Marathon Tower of the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam. The torch relay – during which a torch is...
Jul 26, 2024 · French judoka Teddy Riner and retired sprinter Marie-Jose Perec lit the Olympic flame Friday. The cauldron took the form of a hot air balloon and lifted off after it was lit.
Apr 12, 2024 · Today, the Olympic flame is lit in front of the ruins of the temple of Hera by an actress playing the part of the high priestess, who uses a parabolic dish (known to the ancient Greeks as a Skaphia) to concentrate the sun’s rays and ignite her torch.
