The previous highest number of torch bearers was 13,300 for the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. Atlanta in 1996 had almost the same number as Sydney, while Athens recruited 12,102. Montreal in 1976 used ...

What's a torch bearer? Torch bearer Kim Magnus holds the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics torch during the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games torch relay on November 4, 2017, in Busan ...

When Snoop Dogg agreed to become an Olympic torch bearer, the hip-hop star recalled an emotional, iconic moment watching Muhammad Ali light the cauldron at the 1996 Atlanta Games. Now, the 52-year ...

Hip-hop legend Flavor Flav will be a torch bearer at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games, after he applied for the role in ...

Frank Verge, who carried the 1948 Olympic torch, told the BBC that he ... who will carry the flame on its 8,000 mile journey. Bearers were chosen on the basis of having a story of personal ...

A torch bearer runs with a guide runner and by security people on the first day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch relay. They are all there to help her complete her run safely. (Kim Kyung-Hoon ...

When the Olympic torch arrived in Marseille, Manaudou also served as the first Torchbearer for ... Gauff is the first tennis player to be a U.S. flag bearer in addition to being the youngest American ...

Three years after becoming the world's oldest skydiver, Aida Gemanque became the oldest Olympic torch bearer on Saturday when she carried the flame in the Amazonian city of Macapa, aged 106.

Three years after becoming the world's oldest skydiver, Aida Gemanque became the oldest Olympic torch bearer on Saturday when she carried the flame in the Amazonian city of Macapa, aged 106.

Flavor Flav’s selection as a torchbearer represents a broader trend of incorporating hip-hop culture into mainstream sporting ...