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International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach has made no secret of his readiness to consult the writings of his predecessor Baron Pierre de Coubertin and spend moments of meditation close to the statue of a man who played such an important role in reviving the Olympics.
The Organizing Committee of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games Paris 2024 took the innovative decision for the transfer of the Olympic Flame to France.
In the last few days, it has come as a welcome respite from grim tidings in world news to hear of the evident joy of 2012 women's basketball silver medallist Émilie Gomis on her visit to Ancient Olympia in Greece.
Officials from the Paris 2024 Organising Committee have been given "sacred soil" from the ancient site in Olympia to help them promote the traditional Torch Relay.
Three Tibetan-rights activists who disrupted the lighting of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Flame have been released from police detention in Greece after appearing in court, it has been confirmed, and will face trial one day before the Opening Ceremony.