The Olympic Oath is a huge deal during the opening ceremony, an honor ranking up there among lighting the torch and bearing the flag. And this year, there's even more riding on it.

The oath has evolved over time to reflect the changing nature of competition. Until 1984, the oath takers swore upon their nation’s flag. Since then, they take the oath holding the Olympic Flag.

The Olympic oath was first recited at the Opening Ceremony of the 1920 Antwerp Games. The 1920 text was written by the founder of the modern Olympic Games Baron Pierre de Coubertin and read: “We ...

The Olympic Oath sworn by athletes, judges and coaches at Pyeongchang 2018 was altered in a move which bears a resemblance with the revised ritual introduced at the Commonwealth Games at Glasgow 2014.

The IOC announced major changes to the Olympic oath on Wednesday for the Opening Ceremony next week as it aims to highlight the importance of solidarity, inclusion, non-discrimination and equality ...

We now have the two France flag-bearers, Florent Manaudou and Melina Robert-Michon, taking the oath on behalf of all the athletes taking part in the Olympic Games.The oath promises fair and clean ...

The Olympic oath is usually a festive occasion where athletes from various sports gather, attracting media attention. Journalists and fans only learned about this recent oath-taking, involving ...

Olympic Oath: The number of oath-takers at the ceremony have also been doubled from three to six to ensure gender parity at the Tokyo Games. Japan will pick one male and one female participant ...

One of the most important and symbolic parts of the Olympic Opening Ceremony looks set to change in Tokyo, and for that matter, the look of the Games might also need a late makeover if ...

To the editor -- The Olympic Oath is taken by the athletes, judges, coaches and officials participating in these stellar competitive events. This oath upholds competition “without doping ...

The International Olympic Committee has announced that one of the most symbolic and important parts of the Tokyo Games Opening Ceremony – the Olympic oath – has been significantly adapted in order to ...