The amazing story of the Olympic flame (IOC - International Olympic Commitee)

(Source: IOC - International Olympic Commitee) A flame made its first appearance of the modern era at Amsterdam 1928, where it was lit atop a tower overlooking the Olympic Stadium, the venue for the athletics events. Another one also presided over the scene at Los Angeles's Olympic Stadium four years later, this time at the top of the gateway to the arena, which resembled the Arc de Triomphe. Getty Images (13) / IOC (6) It was not until Berlin 1936, however, that the Olympic torch relay - the brainchild of the university lecturer and sports theorist Carl Diem - was first staged. As continues to be the custom today, the flame was lit in Olympia, Greece, in the same way as it was in ancient...