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The Olympic flame is a practice continued from the ancient Olympic Games. In Olympia (Greece), a flame was ignited by the sun and then kept burning until the closing of the Olympic Games. The flame first appeared in the modern Olympics at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam. The flame itself represents a number of things, including purity and the endeavor for perfection. In 1936, the chairman of the organizing committee for the 1936 Olympic Games, Carl Diem, suggested what is now the modern Olympic Torch relay. The Olympic flame is lit at the ancient site of Olympia by women wearing ancient-style robes and using a curved mirror and the sun. The Olympic Torch is then passed from runner to runner from the ancient site of Olympia to the Olympic stadium in the hosting city. The flame is then kept alight until the Games have concluded.
The Olympic Torch relay represents a continuation from the ancient Olympic Games to the modern Olympics.
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What is the Olympic torch and flame?
the olympic flame is a symbol of the olympic games
Is the Olympic flame the same as the Olympic torch?
yeah it is i think
Does the flame on the olympic torch still alight while it is on an aircraft?
The Olympic torch stays burning with propane
What is the name given to the olympic flame bearer?
The Olympic torch bearer.
Why is there an olympic torch?
The Olympic torch is a remnant of the flame from the previous Olympic games. The relay itself is to unify countries and spread the Olympic spirit.
Are the Olympic torch and the Olympic flame the same thing?
Olympic torch-bearers, nominated by sponsors of the Olympic games, carry the Olympic flame from its source, in Athens, to the main stadium, using a series of gas-filled Olympic torches, much like a relay race. Each torch-bearer is given their own Olympic torch (which they keep) which is lit by the Olympic flame carried by the previous torch-bearer. To preserve the flame's continuity, the Olympic flame is carried in special safety-lamps while travelling by air or sea. Once at the main stadium, during the opening ceremony, the final torch-bearer lights the Olympic beacon which remains lit throughout the games. The Olympic flame is therefore the flame itself, while the Olympic torches are the receptacles that carried the flame from Athens to the main stadium.
What is the name of the object that carries the olympic flame?
torch
Why is there an Olympic torch relay?
The Olympic torch is a remnant of the flame from the previous Olympic games. The relay itself is to unify countries and spread the Olympic spirit.
What is the most important event of the Olympic Games?
The lighting of the Olympic Torch Flame.
When and where is the Olympic torch now and what is the significance of the flame?
at my house today
What is the name of the Olympic torch?
they have an olympic torch to represent each country in a different way each flicker of the flame is all the countries
The traditional start to the Olympic Games is the lighting of the...?
...flame in Olympic cauldron via the torch relay.
