The Olympic flame that wowed the world at the Paris 2024 opening ceremony in a floating cauldron is not real but in fact 100 per cent electric, organisers have revealed.

Teddy Riner and Marie-Jose Perec watch as the cauldron rises in a balloon in Paris, France, during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 26, 2024.

Item 1 of 3 Paris 2024 Olympics - Opening Ceremony - Paris, France - July 26, 2024. The cauldron, with the Olympic flame lit, lifts off while attached to a balloon, during the opening ceremony for ...

PARIS (AP) — The Paris Games may be over, but the flame is still rising — just don't call it Olympic.. The helium-powered hot-air balloon that lit up the French capital's skyline during the ...

So, Olympic flame has be given with highest respect as it is received in Olympia, by ritual old 1000s years, but in Paris the flame isn't burning, they use some led technology lights blah blah ...

NPR is in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics. For more of our coverage from the games head to our latest updates. Before this year, the Olympic cauldron always sat on the ground as real fire ...

Watch the 2024 Paris Olympics on NBC and streaming on Peacock, July 26 - Aug 11. The Olympic cauldron was officially lit by the Olympic flame from the torch carried by several athletes.

Once on French soil, the flame’s 12 offshoots are heading in different directions to kick off the Paris Olympics’ encore and rekindle enthusiasm for the Games.

The Paris Games may be over, but the flame is still rising. Just don’t call it Olympic. The helium-powered balloon that lit up the French capital’s skyline during the 2024 ...

4 days, 1,000 torchbearers and 50 cities. Once on French soil, the flame’s 12 offshoots will head in different directions to kick off the Paris Olympics’ encore and aim to rekindle enthusiasm ...

NPR is in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics. For more of our coverage from the games head to our latest updates. Before this year, the Olympic cauldron always sat on the ground as real fire ...