After the Olympic Closing Ceremony on Feb. 22, 2026, the Paralympic Flame will be lit Feb. 24 in Stoke Mandeville, England, the birthplace of the Paralympic Movement. The Paralympic torch relay ...

Florent Manaudou, a French swimming legend who won 2012 Olympic gold in the men’s 50m freestyle, was the first recipient of the flame. He handed it off to French Paralympic sprinter Nantenin Keita, ...

Nissan Brazil, one of the three presenting partners of the Rio 2016 Olympics Torch Relay, selected the six runners in an employee contest among the 1800 workers at the plant. While the plant’s ...

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.

(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 Olympic torch relay has been disrupted many times during the journey The Olympic torch relay has been cancelled on Tokyo's streets, as fears over the spread of Covid-19 continue to plague the ...

Japan’s Nagano prefecture barred spectators from parts of the Olympic torch relay on Thursday to prevent large groups from gathering after its capital city raised its COVID-19 alert level ...

Amid cloudy skies and chants of anti-Games protesters, the Tokyo Olympic torch relay started its homestretch in Tokyo on July 9. A welcoming ceremony was held at the athletics stadium in Komazawa ...