The torch getting passed to the next runner in Coquelles. AFP via Getty Images Not only that, but usually 10,000 to 12,000 torches are made for the Olympic Games, which was reduced to 2,000 this ...

A frame of the torch route is displayed on a screen during a news conference to present the 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics torch route, in Verona, Italy, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024.

The torch will arrive in Verona on Jan. 18 and reach Cortina d’Ampezzo eight days later — on the 70th anniversary of the opening ceremony of the 1956 Winter Olympics there.

The Olympic torch collection that was recently purchased by Ripley Entertainment on display at the company’s corporate office in Orlando on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024.

Greek Alpine skier AJ Ginnis, a world slalom silver medalist and former U.S. Ski Team member, will be the first torchbearer of the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympic torch relay that starts Nov. 26. Ginnis, ...

The torch will arrive in Verona on Jan. 18 and reach Cortina d’Ampezzo eight days later — on the 70th anniversary of the opening ceremony of the 1956 Winter Olympics there.

The torch will arrive in Verona on Jan. 18 and reach Cortina d’Ampezzo eight days later — on the 70th anniversary of the opening ceremony of the 1956 Winter Olympics there.

The torch will arrive in Verona on Jan. 18 and reach Cortina d’Ampezzo eight days later — on the 70th anniversary of the opening ceremony of the 1956 Winter Olympics there.

The torch will arrive in Verona on Jan. 18 and reach Cortina d’Ampezzo eight days later — on the 70th anniversary of the opening ceremony of the 1956 Winter Olympics there.