Naomi Osaka of Team Japan holds up the Olympic torch after lighting the Olympic cauldron during the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games...
Muhammad Ali holds the torch before lighting the Olympic Flame during the Opening Ceremony of the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia....
Torch bearers exchange the flame during the Olympic Torch Relay Celebration event on July 21, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. As the Olympic torch relay makes...
Participant holds the Olympic torch during it's presentation as part of a Pre-Olympic tour along the Seine on July 25, 2023 in Paris, France. On July...
Mexico City: Mexico's Norma Enriqueta Basilio, the first woman in the history of the modern Olympic Games to light the Olympic Fire, runs up the...
In this photo released by BOCOG, the Beijing Olympic torch is ignited by Luobuzhandui at 9:12 am local time on Mt. Everest, or Mt. Qomolangma, on May...
The Olympic Flame is passed between two torches during the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Torch Relay on February 8, 2002 in Taylorsville, Utah.
The Olympic Torch is seen in detail as a torch bearer carrries the Olympic Torch through Central London on July 26, 2012 in London, England.
Montreal, Canada- Canadian teenagers Sandra Anderson and Stephen Prefontaine jointly carry the Olympic Flame into Olympic Stadium, where they passed...
The Olympic cauldron is seen during the Closing Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on August 08, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan.
Poster produced for the London & North Eastern Railway to promote rail and sea services to the 1928 Olympic Games, held in Amsterdam in July and...
High priestess passes the Olympic flame at the Temple of Hera during a lighting ceremony of the Olympic flame in ancient Olympia on October 24, 2017...
An Olympic flag waves in front of Mt. Qomolangma from the media center at the Rongbuk Base Camp as organisers prepare to cover the ascent of the...
Muhammad Ali holds the torch before lighting the Olympic Flame during the Opening Ceremony of the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia....
Flames are exchanged during the arrival ceremony for the Olympic torch on July 23, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan.
Italian speed skating champion Guido Caroli gave the assemblage and himself a bad moment during the Winter Olympic official opening when he fell to...
Skier uses a torch to light the Olympic flame atop snowcapped peak of Mount Olympus, mythical home to the Greek gods, prior to the commencement of...
Nelson Mandela holds the Olympic Flame on Robben Island during Day 9 of the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Torch Relay June 12, 2004 in Cape Town, South Africa....
Greek actress Mary Mina, playing the role of the High Priestess, lights a cauldron during the flame lighting ceremony for the Paris 2024 Summer...
Naomi Osaka of Team Japan lights the Olympic cauldron with the Olympic torch during the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic...
Olympia, Greece- Young Greek girls, dressed in appropriate Ancient Greek costumes, light the Olympic torch. The flame is created through the sun rays...
Gunter Zahn , 18-year-old West German junior athlete and a policeman, carries Olympic Flame as he arrives for opening ceremonies for the XX Olympiad...
Canadian teenagers Sandra Anderson and Stephen Prefontaine jointly light the Olympic urn in the stadium by passing the flame from their torch 7/17.
Olympia, Greece- The First Priestess of the Temple hands over the Sacred Flame to the first runner after pronouncing the Olympic Oath at the foot of...
Soccer star Pele carries the Olympic Flame inside Maracena Stadium during Day 10 of the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Torch Relay June 13, 2004 in Rio De...
Tony Estanguet, President of Paris 2024, Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee and former sprinter Usain Bolt hold the...
View of the Olympic Torch during the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay on June 13, 2012 in St Andrews, Scotland. The Olympic Flame is now on day 26 of...
Players crowd the 18-yard box as spectators crowd the stands, with the 'Marathon tower' and Olympic flame rising beyond, at the replay of the final...
People run with the Olympic torch at the Olympic Forest Park on July 13, 2022 in Beijing, China. China is commemorating the 21st anniversary of the...
Olympic gold medallist and Heavyweight Boxing World Champion Muhammad Ali of the United States carries the Olympic Flame during the Opening Ceremony...
The Olympic cauldron is lit during the 'Flame of Recovery' special exhibition at Aquamarine Park a day after the postponement of the Tokyo 2020...
Fireworks greet the ascending Cauldron containing the Olympic Flame during the Opening Ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games at the Olympic...
Olympic decathlon gold medal winner Rafer Johnson stands atop a stairway to light the Olympic rings which will, in turn, light the Olympic Flame at...
Gianfranco Peris holds up the Olympic torch after lighting the brazier in the opening ceremonies of the 1960 Summer Games.
An Olympic tradition that dates back more than 2,000 years is shown being observed here. In line with the old tradition and in preparation for the...
London, England- OLYMPIC FLAME IS LIT TO INAUGURATE THE GAMES. A British runner, unknown until the last moment... Anchor man of the long relay of...
Mexico City: A First. Enriqueta Basilio will be the first woman in history to carry the Olympic torch on its last leg and ignite the Olympic flame...
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Prime Minister Trudeau holds Olympic flame aloft during ceremony on Parliament Hill when the Olympic flame was lit by a...
Helsinki, Finland- Finland's Paavo Nurmi lights the 1952 Olympic fire with the tourch he carried into the Helsinki Stadium, July 19, to officially...
London, England- Competitors, male and female, who will take part in the wide variety of events of the fourteenth Olympiad of the modern age, stand...
Berlin, Germany: An impressive moment in the Lustgarten, Berlin as the last of the 3,000 runners that brought the Olympic flame from Olympia, Greece,...
Olympic gold medallist and Heavyweight World Champion Muhammad Ali of the United States lights the Olympic Flame during the Opening Ceremony of the...
The Olympic Cauldron is lit by the final torch bearer Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima during the Opening Ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at...
Italian downhill skier Alberto Tomba carries the Olympic flame during the Opening Ceremony of the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games on February 10,...
The future King Constantine of Greece hands over the Olympic flame, which will be transported from Greece to Italy on board the Amerigo Vespucci for...
Torchbearer Joaquin Cruz passes the Olympic Flame to Xuxa Meneghel on top of Sugarloaf, overlooking Rio de Janiero, during Day 10 of the Athens 2004...
The Olympic torch is carried into the stadium during the opening ceremonies of the XI Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany, on...
Muhammad Ali holds the torch before lighting the Olympic Flame during the Opening Ceremony of the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia.
In this handout photo provided by NASA, The Soyuz TMA-11M rocket is launched with Expedition 38 Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, Flight...
Tony Estanguet, President of Paris 2024, holds the Olympic torch during a Pre-Olympic tour along the Seine with the Eiffel Tower in the background on...
Wendy Craig-Duncan, a marine-biologist on Australia's Great Barrier Reef, carries the Sydney Olympic torch underwater at Agincourt Reef, Great...
