On February 6, 2026, the eyes of the world will turn to Italy, where two Olympic cauldrons will be lit simultaneously to mark the start of the XXV Winter Olympic Games. One cauldron will be placed in ...

Visitors and locals gather each night to watch the Olympic Flame rise above Paris suspended by a huge balloon. But what's really in the cauldron? The Olympic flame isn't actually fire. So what is it?

At the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, the iconic cauldron of the Games is putting on a daily show just like its athletes. This year, for the first time ever, there are two cauldrons lit ...

The opening ceremony of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics is complete at Milan's San Siro Stadium. Featuring simultaneous ceremonies in the mountain towns of Cortina, Livigno and Predazzo, the ...

NPR is in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics. For more of our coverage from the games head to our latest updates. Before this year, the Olympic cauldron always sat on the ground as real fire burned ...

Before this year, the Olympic cauldron always sat on the ground as real fire burned inside it during the games. But when the sun goes down over the 2024 Paris Olympics, the iconic cauldron rises ...