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The Olympic torch was first lit in Olympia with a mirror focusing the beam of the sun onto the torch.
There was no torch. The Olympic torch was made up in 1936. The Olympic torch was invented as a way of symbolically creating a connection between Olympia in Greece and an athletics meeting in some city like Berlin. The ancient Olympics didn't need a symbolic connection to Olympia because they were actually held at Olympia.
The Olympic torch relay was invented in 1936.
Athens in Greece
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