AP photographer Darron Cummings captures the moment the Olympic Cauldron is lit, signifying the launch of the 2014 Sochi Winter Games.

SOCHI, Russia (AP) — AP photographer Darron Cummings captures the moment the Olympic Cauldron is lit, signifying the launch of the 2014 Sochi Winter Games. The lighting officially kicks of the ...

The millions of Chinese who tuned in for Monday's lighting of the Olym-pic torch saw a sanitized version of the event as China Central Television cut away from a protest for press freedom.

SOCHI, Russia (AP) — AP photographer Darron Cummings captures the moment the Olympic Cauldron is lit, signifying the launch of the 2014 Sochi Winter Games. The lighting officially kicks of the ...

NEW YORK -- The millions of Chinese who tuned in for Monday's lighting of the Olympic torch saw a sanitized version of the event as China Central Television cut away from a protest for press freedom.

The Olympic flame-lighting ceremony has roots in ancient Greece and connects modern Olympic Games to their origin. The flame for the Paris games was lit on April 16, 2024.

BRATTLEBORO — People gather at the Wells Fountain to light the torch on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025, to start the 69th Brattleboro Winter Carnival.

(ATR) Perfect weather Wednesday for the last rehearsal of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic flame-lighting ceremony at the Temple of Hera in Ancient Olympia.

SOCHI SCENE: Torchlight SerenadeTennis star Maria Sharapova jogged the torch into the arena and started one last relay that ended with the torch in Tretiak's hands. The goaltender and Rodnina ran ...

Paul Schrader is set to write the script for "Torch," a drama about the obsessive relationship between singer Ruth Etting and Chicago bootlegger Moe Snyder.

It could be could argued that Rafer Johnson lighting the torch to open the 1984 Summer Olympics is the greatest moment in 100 years of Coliseum history.

AP photographer Darron Cummings captures the moment the Olympic Cauldron is lit, signifying the launch of the 2014 Sochi Winter Games. The lighting officially kicks of the series of 98 ...