Olympic flame for 2022 Winter Olympic Games lit in Greece - CGTN

Download

Greek actress Xanthi Georgiou (C), playing the role of the High Priestess, lights up the torch during the flame lighting ceremony for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games at the Ancient Olympia archaeological site, birthplace of the ancient Olympics, Greece, October 18, 2021. /CFP

Greek actress Xanthi Georgiou (C), playing the role of the High Priestess, lights up the torch during the flame lighting ceremony for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games at the Ancient Olympia archaeological site, birthplace of the ancient Olympics, Greece, October 18, 2021. /CFP

Greek actress Xanthi Georgiou (R) holds the torch during the flame lighting ceremony for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games at the Ancient Olympia archaeological site, birthplace of the ancient Olympics, October 18, 2021. /CFP

Greek actress Xanthi Georgiou (R) holds the torch during the flame lighting ceremony for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games at the Ancient Olympia archaeological site, birthplace of the ancient Olympics, October 18, 2021. /CFP

Greek actress Xanthi Georgiou (C) holds the torch during the flame lighting ceremony for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games at the Ancient Olympia archaeological site, birthplace of the ancient Olympics, October 18, 2021. /CFP

Greek actress Xanthi Georgiou (C) holds the torch during the flame lighting ceremony for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games at the Ancient Olympia archaeological site, birthplace of the ancient Olympics, October 18, 2021. /CFP

L-R: Hellenic Olympic Committee President Spyros Capralos, Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou and International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach attend the flame lighting ceremony for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games at the Ancient Olympia archaeological site, birthplace of the ancient Olympics, October 18, 2021. /CFP

L-R: Hellenic Olympic Committee President Spyros Capralos, Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou and International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach attend the flame lighting ceremony for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games at the Ancient Olympia archaeological site, birthplace of the ancient Olympics, October 18, 2021. /CFP

Beijing Winter Olympic Committee Vice President Yu Zaiqing speaks at the flame lighting ceremony for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games at the Ancient Olympia archaeological site, birthplace of the ancient Olympics, October 18, 2021. /CFP

Beijing Winter Olympic Committee Vice President Yu Zaiqing speaks at the flame lighting ceremony for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games at the Ancient Olympia archaeological site, birthplace of the ancient Olympics, October 18, 2021. /CFP

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach speaks at the flame lighting ceremony for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games at the Ancient Olympia archaeological site, birthplace of the ancient Olympics, October 18, 2021. /CFP

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach speaks at the flame lighting ceremony for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games at the Ancient Olympia archaeological site, birthplace of the ancient Olympics, October 18, 2021. /CFP

The Olympic flame for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games was lit in Ancient Olympia, Greece, on Monday.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach, Hellenic Olympic Committee President Spyros Capralos, Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou and Beijing Winter Olympic Committee Vice President Yu Zaiqing attended the ceremony.

The flame will be handed over by the Hellenic Olympic Committee to the Beijing Winter Olympic Committee at the Panathenaic Stadium on Tuesday before it departs for China on the same day.

Open in CGTN APP for better experience

Search Trends