The “fire” beneath the cauldron is in fact 40 electrically-powered LED spotlights and 200 high-pressure misting nozzles, which combine to give a convincing illusion of a traditional flame ...

Gabriela Bhaskar for The New York Times It flickers like a fire, but the “flame” resting in the enormous cauldron comprises 40 LED spotlights and 200 misting nozzles and is tethered to what ...

The idea for the Olympic flame has its roots in ancient Greece, where a sacred fire was kept burning throughout the Ancient Olympics in deference to "the gods." A symbolic fire was introduced in 1928 ...

Young Condylis, from Olympia, crosses the girls of light and lights the torch from the altar fire. This is the moment everyone ... running with the sacred flame of Olympia to transmit the Olympic ...

The Olympic torch will cross Greece for the next 10 days until the fire hits the Panathinaic Stadium ... Stefanos Ntouskos 🇬🇷 hands the flame to Laure Manaudou 🇫🇷, an Olympic champion ...

Watch as the opening ceremony for the Paris 2024 Olympics comes to an end with the lighting of the Olympic flame and Celine Dion's performance on the Eiffel Tower. Follow the Olympics on BBC Sport.

Associated Press Friday, Feb. 3, 2023 12:50 p.m. | Friday, Feb. 3, 2023 12:50 p.m. MARSEILLE, France — The Olympic flame is going for a sail. Instead of arriving ...

The Olympic flame was present at the traditional film ... and the cyclist Marie Patouillet (double bronze medal in Tokyo). The Olympic fire also passed through the athlete Marie-José Perec ...

The AP team in Athens went above and beyond across formats to get exclusive access to the behind-the-scenes operation of lighting the Olympic flame, producing excellent work for both traditional and ...

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