Every Olympic Games begins with the Olympic torch relay. The torch is lit in Greece and passed from one torchbearer to the next. In the end it reaches whichever city is hosting the games.

An Antiques Roadshow guest was stunned at the whopping figure given to an Olympic torch he has held onto for the past 37 ...

Twenty-four athletes would wind up with a temporary hold on the torch ... surrounding community. The Olympic flame relay has its genesis in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, when secretary general Carl ...

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 ...

France chose a few select athletes to receive the Olympic torch and light the cauldron, marking the unofficial start of the games. Here's a look at who lit the Olympic cauldron and a history of ...

Jamie was so impressed with the torch during the segment that ... started and then all the way to the Olympic Stadium in Seoul where the flame was lit. 'If we look at the actual object itself ...

Snoop Dogg has become an Olympic torch bearer in style ... who surprised the crowd when he lit the cauldron because he had Parkinson's disease. "This is my own version of it," Snoop Dogg said.

Plans to tour the Olympic torch throughout Japan last year were put ... "When the flame was lit in the National Stadium, I couldn't help crying. I was so happy the flame ended its journey safely ...

The company said it built more than 100 sample torch models before developing one that will remain lit even when exposed ... conventional Olympic torches have featured a single type of fire.

He lit the cauldron during the torch relay as it passed through the ... Israel's Shaul Ladany is believed to be the only remaining Olympic athlete alive to have survived a Second World War ...