1992 (Albertville): Michel Platini, soccer, and François-Cyrille Grange, alpine skiing. ... The lighting of the Olympic cauldron is thought to be the official start of the Games.

Plenty of traditions will take place before the 2024 Olympics get underway. None, though, are as symbolic as lighting the Olympic cauldron. Every two years, host nations put on an immersive ...

PARIS (AP) — The night the Olympic and Paralympic cauldron first flew over Paris, its designer Mathieu Lehanneur held his breath: Nothing could go wrong. The balloon, lit by the Olympic torch ...

The cauldron, with the Olympic flame lit, lifts off while attached to a balloon as the torchbearers French former sprinter Marie-Jose Perec and French judoka Teddy Riner stand in front during the ...

1992 (Albertville): Michel Platini, soccer, and François-Cyrille Grange, alpine skiing. ... The lighting of the Olympic cauldron is thought to be the official start of the Games.

Plenty of traditions will take place before the 2024 Olympics get underway. None, though, are as symbolic as lighting the Olympic cauldron. Every two years, host nations put on an immersive ...

Plenty of traditions will take place before the 2024 Olympics get underway. None, though, are as symbolic as lighting the Olympic cauldron. Every two years, host nations put on an immersive ...

Plenty of traditions will take place before the 2024 Olympics get underway. None, though, are as symbolic as lighting the Olympic cauldron. Every two years, host nations put on an immersive ...