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Three protesters broke into the site of the flame-lighting ceremony for the Beijing Winter Olympics holding a banner that read: “No genocide games.”
Oct. 18, 2021
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Oct. 22, 2009
Olympics
Feb. 25, 2018
It could be could argued that Rafer Johnson lighting the torch to open the 1984 Summer Olympics is the greatest moment in 100 years of Coliseum history.
June 23, 2023
Sports
Aug. 5, 2016
Feb. 12, 2010
As LA 2024 officials finalize their bid to bring the Summer Olympics back to Southern California, they have faced a difficult choice regarding the location of the opening and closing ceremonies.
Jan. 16, 2017
The torch relay for the 2016 Summer Games began Thursday with a ceremonial lighting of the flame in Greece.
April 21, 2016
The International Olympic Committee lit the torch for the upcoming 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo on Thursday, acknowledging the challenges it faces.
March 12, 2020
Television
Given that it’s home to Carnival, it was never a question of whether or not the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro would be full of color and spectacle.