Co-organized by the Greek embassy in China and the Beijing Olympic City Development Association, the exhibition, traces over ...

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The second graphic shared on social media showed Olympic torches from 2008 (Beijing), 2004 (Athens), 2000 (Sydney), and 1996 ... "Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch Relay - Highlights." Olympics.Com, ...

In a first-of-its-kind opening ceremony, the 2024 Paris Olympics officially began on the River Seine. Here are some of the ...

The Olympic torch relay dates back to Nazi Germany. ... For example, during the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the torch relay became a target of anti-China and pro-Tibet protests.

Visitors have a photo taken inside the National Stadium in Beijing on August 8, 2023 to mark the 15th anniversary of the Beijing 2008 Olympics.

The three-day relay began with a launch ceremony at the Olympic Forest Park in the Chinese capital under clear, blue skies. The torch will then make its way past the Summer Palace and the Badaling ...

The spiral Beijing 2022 torch, named "Flying," was designed to honor the host city which is the only place to have held both a Summer and a Winter Olympic Games. It is reminiscent of the 2008 ...

Kamaltürk Yalqun holds the aluminum Olympics torch he carried at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games at the age of 17, on Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, in Boston.

Chan also carried the torch during the 2008 torch relay, and later performed once again at the Closing Ceremony. To learn more about all the Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls, visit TeamUSA.org .