Lighting Olympic Flame France 2024. The flame is lit by the high priestess who, in front of the ruins of the temple of hera, asks apollo, the god of the sun, for help in lighting her torch with the sun's rays caught on a. The olympic flame lighting ceremony will take place on 16 april at 10:30 cest and you can watch every moment live on olympics.com.

The olympic flame lighting ceremony will take place on 16 april at 10:30 cest and you can watch every moment live on olympics.com. Paying homage to the montgolfier brothers, the paris 2024 olympic flame will, for the first time, be airborne and fully lit by electricity and water.