The torch getting passed to the next runner in Coquelles. AFP via Getty Images Not only that, but usually 10,000 to 12,000 torches are made for the Olympic Games, which was reduced to 2,000 this ...

First, following the lighting of the Olympic flame in Greece, the Olympic torch is brought to the host city of that year's Olympics, either Summer or Winter, by means of transportation.

Greek Alpine skier AJ Ginnis, a world slalom silver medalist and former U.S. Ski Team member, will be the first torchbearer of the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympic torch relay that starts Nov. 26. Ginnis, ...

After a few weeks at sea, the torch landed on French soil for the first time, as the Belem docked in the port city of Marseille on May 8. Florent Manaudou, a French swimming legend who won 2012 ...

Greece's top alpine skier will have the honour of initially carrying the flame in the 2026 Winter Olympics Lighting Ceremony. The decision was ...