The torch was lit in a traditional ceremony honoring the Olympic games' roots in Ancient Olympia Julia Moore is a TV writer-reporter at PEOPLE. A graduate of Northwestern University, she has been ...

Special Olympics of Rowan County’s Spring Game Event at Catawba College on Thursday morning celebrated a combination of just ...

Per tradition, the torch was lit on April 15 in Olympia, Greece, honoring the historical birthplace of the Ancient Olympic Games, which date back to 776 BC. Once lit, 600 torchbearers carried the ...

The closing ceremony will be a celebration of athletic achievement and mark the passing of the torch (literally) to the next host city, Los Angeles. According to promotions by Olympic organizers ...

The torch also bears the markings for the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. This is the prototype of the final design and was used by Paines Fireworks to come up with a safe, portable and smokeless fuel ...

The Spanish tennis player didn't know he was going to be a torch bearer at the Opening Ceremony until about 10 minutes before. Rafael Nadal holds the Olympic torch during the Opening Ceremony for ...

Tokyo 2020 Olympics Organising Committee President Seiko Hashimoto presents the torch of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games to Paris 2024 Olympics Organising Committee President Tony Estanguet ...

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 ...

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Lieutenant Adam Bernstein ran with the badge numbers of his friends, fallen VBPD officers Cameron Girvin and Christopher ...

The 1988 Winter Olympic torch is considered one of the most rare due to how few, less than 150, were made. Of those few, one owned by Edmonton resident Richard Korbyl is even more rare as it is ...