The Olympic symbol is made up of five interlinking rings – one blue ... A few months before the opening of the Games, a flame is lit at Olympia in Greece. The location is significant and ...

IRAKLION, Greece -- The Olympic flame arrived home from an unprecedented ... A chartered jumbo jet, named "Zeus" and flying a Greek flag, landed in the southern island of Crete and was welcomed ...

The first modern Olympics were held in Athens, Greece ... colors appeared on the flag of every nation at the time of the ...

Winter Olympics - Lighting ceremony of the Olympic flame for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics - Ancient Olympia, Olympia, Greece - October 18, 2021 A protester holds a Tibetan flag during the ...

Per tradition, the torch was lit on April 15 in Olympia, Greece, honoring the historical birthplace of the Ancient Olympic Games, which date back to 776 BC. Once lit, 600 torchbearers carried the ...

The ship sailed off from the Greek port of Piraeus on April 27. The ceremonial lighting of the Olympic flame for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris took place in Ancient Olympia on April 16.

(ATR) The first flame for a South American Olympic Games is alight ... reigning gymnastics world champion in the still rings from Greece, received the sacred fire as the first torchbearer.

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — There are a few different ways for Coco Gauff to evaluate her next opponent at the BNP Paribas Open. Maria Sakkari is the best female player Greece has produced.