The Olympic symbol is made up of five interlinking rings – one blue ... The route of the torch aims “to spread a message of peace and friendship between peoples”. The relay ends at the ...

The torch was lit in a traditional ceremony honoring the Olympic games' roots in Ancient Olympia Julia Moore is a TV writer-reporter at PEOPLE. A graduate of Northwestern University, she has been ...

Paris' Mayor has announced plans to keep the Olympic rings permanently on display on the Eiffel Tower, or until 'at least 2028'. With the Paralympic Games about to wrap up, the city is still ...

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 ...

The Olympic torch spirals upward to resemble two overlapping ... As a service to our readers, Around the Rings will provide verbatim texts of selected press releases issued by Olympic-related ...

The torch for the Beijing Olympics. (ATR) Recruitment is now underway in Beijing for what will be a record number of torchbearers for an Olympic torch relay. Organizers of the 2008 relay announced ...

What's a torch bearer? Torch bearer Kim Magnus holds the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics torch during the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games torch relay on November 4, 2017, in Busan ...

Rafael Nadal raising the Olympic flame as a torch bearer at the 2024 Paris Olympics was one of the most iconic moments to come from the Games last summer. But as it turns out, Nadal didn't even ...

With the iconic ice-sculptured Olympic rings hung over his head and a replica of the Games torch within his reach, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach felt like he was reliving ...

The Spanish tennis player didn't know he was going to be a torch bearer at the Opening Ceremony until about 10 minutes before. Rafael Nadal holds the Olympic torch during the Opening Ceremony for ...