inside the rings

There is something profoundly democratic about the Olympic Torch Relay. The Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Lantern, designed to safely transport the Olympic Flame across Italian towns during its two-month journey. Long before the Opening Ceremony, before the Parade of Nations and the lighting of the Olympic Cauldron, the flame leaves its birthplace in Olympia and begins a journey through villages and capitals, across mountains and coastlines. It does not wait behind ticketed gate