From the ancient stadium in Olympia, a relay of torchbearers will carry the flame along a 5,000-kilometer (3,100-mile) route through Greece, including several islands, until the handover to Paris ...

The flame was lit at the site of ancient Olympia and will be carried ... at the edge of the ancient Olympic stadium for the start of a relay through Greece. It will then be handed over to Paris ...

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — A priestess prays to a dead ... the flame kindles a cauldron that burns in the host Olympic stadium until the end of the games. Then it’s used for the Paralympics.

The flame for the 2024 Paris Olympics has been lit in Olympia ... and values of ancient Greece, actresses dressed as ancient priestesses entered the stadium to gracefully accompany the head ...

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece, March 18 (Reuters ... in his speech at the Olympic academy near the ancient stadium, made only a fleeting reference to Thursday's key vote where seven candidates ...

The pageantry at Olympia has been an essential ... for France — and a long relay through Greece leads to the April 26 handover at the Panathenaic stadium in Athens. Flames and sandals make ...

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 ...

Ntouskos will be the first one to carry a torch following the Olympic Flame lighting ceremony, which will take place at the ancient Olympic stadium in Olympia, Greece, on April 16. From there ...

This is the stadium at Olympia ... The Olympic Games began over 2,700 years ago in Olympia, in south west Greece. Every four years, around 50,000 people came from all over the Greek world to ...