The 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony concluded with a one-of-a-kind lighting ceremony: a hot-air balloon as the Olympic cauldron. The cauldron was lit following a relay involving French ...

Workers install the balloon of a new Paris 2024 flame cauldron, with a 100% electric and non-Olympic flame, which will rise above the Tuileries Garden and the Paris skyline, in Paris, France, June ...

Then, the Games paid homage to France's historic hot-air-balloon history. The first-ever hot-air balloon flight took place in Paris in 1783 from this spot, with a more powerful balloon doing the ...

Back to homepage / Live news Olympic balloon rises again in Paris Paris (AFP) – A giant balloon that became a popular landmark over the skies of Paris during the 2024 Olympics rose again ...

There will be a balloon glow and fireworks on Friday night and there will be a 6 a.m. and a 6 p.m. balloon launch on Saturday. You can get more information about the festival here.

A flaming balloon cauldron marked the start of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on Friday, 26 July. He was joined fellow tennis great Serena Williams, Nadia Comanechi and Carl Lewis as they took it ...

The Canada Games torch made its way through Corner Brook on Tuesday as just one of many July 1st ceremonies in the city. (Leila Beaudoin/CBC)While Canada Day and Memorial Day are always a shared ...

The Mower County Relay For Life has been an annual event since 1994, and this is only the second time that someone has contacted officials about finding a balloon in another state, said Baier.