There perhaps is not a more symbolic and equally visible item at the Olympic Games than the Olympic torch. Whether it was Muhammad Ali lighting the Olympic cauldron during the 1996 Atlanta ...

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 ...

And so, in the lead-up to the 2024 Paris Olympics, curiosity has once again risen on the history of the Olympic torch and its meaning to the Summer Games. It dates back to the 1936 Berlin Olympics ...

There perhaps is not a more symbolic and equally visible item at the Olympic Games than the Olympic torch. Every four years as the Olympics commence, this shining and uniquely designed piece of ...