Olympic Flame Lighting Ceremony

Olympic Flame Lighting Ceremony. But when the sun goes down over the 2024 paris olympics, the iconic cauldron rises around 200 feet in the air for all to see. Marking the start of the tokyo 2020 olympic torch relay, the lighting ceremony can be viewed live here.

During the ancient olympic games, the olympic flame was ignited by the sun’s rays and remained lit throughout the games in a sanctuary in olympia known as the prytaneum. If the sky is clear, a flame spurts that will burn in paris throughout the world’s top sporting event.