Once lit, 600 torchbearers carried the flame through 41 Greek towns to the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens. From Athens, the ...

The start of the 2024 Paris Olympics is at the end of this week, but its first official event — the torch relay — has already begun. In fact, it’s been underway for a while now. The 88-year-old ...

Paris 2024 has recently revealed most of the 11,000 torchbearers who will be participating in the Olympic and Paralympic Torch Relays throughout France. The torch relays will take place from May 8 to ...

The Olympic flame for the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics officially has begun its long and storied relay toward Milan’s San Siro ...

Tokyo Olympic organizers kicked off the Olympic torch relay in Japan on Thursday with 10,000 torchbearers set to zigzag across the country before they arrive at the Olympic stadium on July 23 for the ...

April 16 (UPI) --A symbolic lighting of the Olympic torch early Tuesday in Olympia, Greece, heralded the coming of the 2024 Paris Olympics this summer. The ceremony at the site of the stadium where ...

The 121-day relay begins the official countdown to the Games, which start on July 23 Georgia Slater is a staff editor on the Parents team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2018. The ...

Spectators watching the Tokyo Olympics torch relay from the side of the road will be required to social distance, wear masks and cheer quietly Georgia Slater is a staff editor on the Parents team at ...