The 68-day Olympic torch route for the 2024 Paris Olympics began on Wednesday, May 8 in Marseille, France. Since then, the Olympic torch has crossed through 64 territories in France, ...

Former Olympic champions Rafer Johnson and Bob Hayes carried the torch through Dallas on June 13. Johnson, a civil rights icon, was the first African American to serve as the U.S. flag bearer at ...

The Olympic torch will finally enter France when it reaches the southern seaport of Marseille on Wednesday. And it’s already been quite a journey.

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Olympic Torch Lighting 2021: How Long Has the Olympic Flame Been Burning? The Olympic flame’s year-plus-long journey came to an end at the Opening Ceremony this evening in Tokyo ...

Less than six weeks before the Olympic torch relay was due to begin in Fukushima, showcasing the region’s recovery from a catastrophic nuclear disaster a decade ago, the Japanese prefecture has ...

TOKYO — The torch relay for the postponed Tokyo Olympics began its journey across Japan on Thursday, a 121-day odyssey that will conclude in the capital at the Summer Games’ July 23 opening ...

TOKYO — The torch relay for the postponed Tokyo Olympics began its 121-day journey across Japan on Thursday and is headed toward the opening ceremony in Tokyo on July 23. The relay began in ...

An Olympic torch-bearer carries the flame ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on August 2nd, 2016 in Sao Goncalo, Rio de Janeiro . Mario Tama/Getty ...

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay Grand Start torchbearers from the Japan's women's national soccer team lead the torch relay in Naraha, Fukushima prefecture on March 25, 2021.

Then, once the Olympic torch arrives at the host country, the 68-day long Olympic torch relay begins. For the 2024 Paris Olympics, the torch relay began in Marseille, roughly eight hours south of ...

The Olympic torch will finally enter France when it reaches the southern seaport of Marseille on Wednesday. And it’s already been quite a journey. After being lit by the sun’s rays on April 16 ...