(CNN) -- The torch for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics was lit in a ceremony at the ancient Greek site of Olympia on Thursday, less than four months ahead of the games' opening ceremony. The torch ...

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece — The flame for the Vancouver Olympics was lit by the sun’s rays in an ancient ceremony Thursday, heralding the start of the torch relay for the 2010 Winter Games.

The seven-time All-Star played Wednesday night in Phoenix, leaving the locker room around 11 p.m. The next morning, Nash boarded a flight to Vancouver to carry a leg of the Olympic torch ...

The torch was then taken from the base of the mountain to Colombo by car to be handed over to the Bangladesh Olympic Committee. Torchbearer Tyler MacRae snowboards with the Vancouver 2010 ...

5. The Vancouver Olympic torch relay holds a world record As with every Olympics since it was invented by the Nazis for the 1936 games in Berlin, the torch that lit the cauldron in Vancouver went ...

At the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, Wayne Gretzky had the honor of carrying the Olympic torch. The torch relay was one of the most unique in Olympic history, lasting 106 days as the relay went from ...