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Connor Storrie & Hudson Williams as torchbearers in the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Torch Relay.

#HeatedRivalry #MilanoCortina2026 #OlympicTorchRelay

January 26, 2026 at 8:13 AM

Following the Cauldron

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Today’s #OlympicTorchRelay stop: The Acropolis!

#olympics #milanocortina2026

December 2, 2025 at 10:50 PM

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Two years ago, Charles Leclerc was lighting up Monaco as an Olympic torchbearer at the #Paris2024 Olympic Torch Relay! 🏎️🔥

#Olympics #OlympicTorchRelay

June 18, 2026 at 8:03 AM

Marcia Crawford Philbrick

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Saturday Night Genealogy Fun

Do you remember America's Bicentennial in 1976? While I don't recall our Fourth of July celebration, I do remember the excitement when the Olympic Torch Relay came through Seneca, Kansas on horseback via the historic Pony Express route. Read about this memorable summer…

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun

Do you remember America's Bicentennial in 1976? While I don't recall our Fourth of July celebration, I do remember the excitement when the Olympic Torch Relay came through Seneca, Kansas on horseback via the historic Pony Express route. Read about this memorable summer event in my latest Saturday Night Genealogy Fun post. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #Bicentennial #KansasHistory #OlympicTorchRelay #GeneaMusings

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May 31, 2026 at 11:46 AM

Michael Lewis

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AN OLYMPIAN EFFORT: 2028 Olympic Torch Relay will include all 50 states

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#OlympicTorchRelay #LA28 #2028SummerOlympics #SummerOlympics

September 29, 2026 at 2:58 PM

Following the Cauldron

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Jackie Chan carrying the Olympic Flame through the ruins of Pompeii was not on my bingo card for today. I’m here for it though.

#milanocortina2026 #olympics #olympictorchrelay #winterolympics

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Jackie Chan carries the Milan Cortina Olympic torch through the ruins of Pompeii

Actor Jackie Chan carried the Olympic torch through the ruins of Pompeii during the relay for the Milan Cortina Winter Games on Monday.

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December 22, 2025 at 7:55 PM

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🔥 The Olympic flame is going back to Atlanta!

The city will be the first stop on American soil of the LA28 Olympic Torch Relay. Let's take a walk down memory lane...

#Olympics #Atlanta1996 #LA28 #OlympicTorchRelay

September 29, 2026 at 3:21 PM

Following the Cauldron

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Later this month the Olympic flame for Milan Cortina will be lit in Greece. The first Winter Olympics torch relay occurred prior to the 1952 Oslo Games. The flame was not lit in Greece and was thus symbolic rather than official.
#olympics #olympictorch #olympictorchrelay #milancortina2026

An oblique view of the 1952 Oslo Winter Olympics torch. The torch features a metal cylinder attached to a plate like feature at the top. The five Olympic rings are engraved in the plate like feature just about where the flame would be lit.

November 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM

Les Ottolenghi

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Seven years ago, I had the once-in-a-lifetime honor of living out a childhood dream: running with the Olympic Torch in South Korea
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