Olympic flame lit in Paris to kick off the 2024 games Marie-José Pérec and Teddy Riner officially lit the Olympic cauldron in Paris on Friday after traveling through Europe since April 16, 2024.

The Olympic flame isn’t a flame. Well, it’s sort of a flame. But it’s not made of fire. Even if it looks a lot like fire. Wait. Let me backtrack.

The cauldron, with the Olympic flame lit, lifts off while attached to a balloon as the torchbearers French former sprinter Marie-Jose Perec and French judoka Teddy Riner stand in front during the ...

The Paris 2024 cauldron was lit by two Olympic gold medalists from France — Marie-José Pérec, a track runner, and Teddy Riner, a judoka. Charles Coste, the oldest living French Olympic champion at 100 ...

This flame burns throughout the Olympics, serving as a constant reminder of the enduring legacy and universal spirit of the event.The Paris 2024 cauldron was lit by two Olympic gold medalists from ...

Over the course of four-day torch relay from Aug. 25 to 28, some 1,000 Forerunners will have carried the Paralympic flame to 50 cities throughout France. The relay started on Aug. 25 in Stoke ...

History of the Olympic flame. The Olympic torch is first lit in Olympia, Greece, as a tribute to the ancient Olympic games that set the stage for the modern events. This year's torch was lit in April.

Snoop Dogg will be one of the final torchbearers of the Olympic flame in the last hours of its France-wide tour ahead of the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on Friday.. The rapper ...

This flame burns throughout the Olympics, serving as a constant reminder of the enduring legacy and universal spirit of the event.The Paris 2024 cauldron was lit by two Olympic gold medalists from ...

This flame burns throughout the Olympics, serving as a constant reminder of the enduring legacy and universal spirit of the event.The Paris 2024 cauldron was lit by two Olympic gold medalists from ...

This flame burns throughout the Olympics, serving as a constant reminder of the enduring legacy and universal spirit of the event.The Paris 2024 cauldron was lit by two Olympic gold medalists from ...