2026 Winter Olympics flame to be lit in ancient Olympia
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Olympia, Greece: The sacred flame for the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics in Italy will be lit in ancient Olympia, Greece on Wednesday, with poor w...
Olympia, Greece: The sacred flame for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics in Italy will be lit in ancient Olympia, Greece on Wednesday, with poor weather forcing last-minute changes by the organisers.
Held February 6-22, the 2026 Winter Games take place in Italy for the third time, and the first time in western Europe since the Turin Games in 2006.
The ceremony to light the Olympic flame is usually held at the ruins of the 2,600-year-old Temple of Hera, near the stadium where the Olympics were born in 776 BC.
But a rainy weather forecast means the sun's rays will not be able to light the parabolic mirror used by actresses in the garb of ancient priestesses.
Organisers have instead moved the ceremony to the nearby Olympia archaeological museum, where one of Greece's most famous classical sculptures, Hermes and the Infant Dionysus by Praxiteles, is housed.
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