Olympic flame lit in Greece's ancient Olympia | BBC News
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- It’s nearly 100 days to go until the start of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and the Olympic flame has been lit.
The ceremony takes place in Greece’s ancient Olympia, where the first Olympic Games were held in 776 BC.
The torch will first travel 3,000 miles through Greece, before crossing the Mediterranean to France in May on the three-masted ship Belem. It then will travel through France and its overseas territories before arriving in Paris for the start of the games in July.
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Dear BBC. You need a retractable banner for your news items.
Why. Is it because your oled tv is burning in. Aha ha aha ha.
Fkn boomers I swear
That was indeed annoying
Banner ...
👀😩
They hiding the match sticks and gaslighter
Nice news banner blocking the actual important part of the picture.
The news banner exists for a good reason
don't blame it
@@underarmbowlingincidentof1981 Could then not have had it overhead instead of blocking the women and the flame?
@@alextclulz Fr. Just like how they did that Olympia banner on the top left corner
Gotta love that massive banner taking up almost half of the bloody screen
❤from US 😂
Fr, banners do NOT need to be that big
It's the news. Banners are always that big
@@ronero_urvanwar no they’re not.
@@charlietheepicgamer They are in the UK. Every live news channel has a big banner on the bottom with the time and scrolling headlines. CZcams videos are just pulled from TV.
@@ronero_urvanwar I have never seen a banner that big, if they are, they are alwaya touching the bottom and do not cover the coverage
As a Greek I boast with pride and get electrified by this ceremony connecting our ancient roots with the modern era. The message is simple: Let peace in the world, even for a while and let’s compete each other and may the best win!! Good luck to the hosting city Paris and to all contestants!! Thank you for the honor!! Greetings from Athens Greece 🇬🇷
And the genetics just proved that you're the same people you've always been, you're still the Mycenians! I'm Irish, one of the other few ethnic groups that are still around from the very ancient times! watching this is just incredible, you have an incredibly Rich heritage wow nothing like a heritage that changed the entire world
So, if you are that electrified I guess you already dropped Christianity and started praying to Zeus, Athena et al. You fall for whatever idiocy they put on a screen.
@@adrianomorenoweinstein9620 wow you're a really rude and disrespectful person there's absolutely no empirical evidence support Christianity either all the claims of the Bible are getting disproven the archeology is like falling apart
@@adrianomorenoweinstein9620nice bait lol
@adrianomorenoweinstein9620 everything is symbolic and representations, everyone believes in what he wants! But the only thing we have to believe in, is the ideals that this flame carries and the ancient Greek spirit.
I wish peace all over the world!
One of the most important ceremonies in the history of the world. Wish we didn’t have a huge banner in the middle of it, it was still phenomenal to see though.
My husband is going to be one of the torch bearers, and I can not believe it!!!
Wow 🎉
@@Juststayhopeful thank you 😊
Ooh, how was he noticed
hopefully the BBC doesnt cover it or else no one will get to see him with it
Billions around the world also can't believe it. Or you
Does your banner really need to be THAT big?
tis BBC - what do you expect!?
Yes...anything that would tarnish Hellas (Greece) has to be big. So disrespectful for this hugely important occasion.
It's the news. There's always a banner.
Ancient Spirit Immortal...
...." Its great to come from Greece, the country that gave light to the world..."
Yes the tales of Prometheus is favourite
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@@lynnie77712 it idea of Greece spreading philosophy and democracy around the world
BBC's big banner was bad enough, but then you had the announcer yapping the whole time and doing a play-by-play on something that was very very obvious.
glad we got to see it all. thanks BBC for covering half of it up with a useless banner
Epic fail bbc with the banner and you didn't include subtitles so we could understand what she was saying. You should be banned from youtube for this.
I will try to translate it myself as I can... (I hope it makes sence, Im not an English native speaker)
"Sacred silence may "sound" in the whole univerce. Earth, sea, and breaths of the winds; mountains and valleys, make silence! Sounds and chirpings of birds, stop! Because Foivos, the king of the light is going to be with us. (yes its kinda pagan)
Apollo, god of the sun and light, you sent your rays and lit the torch for the welcoming city of Paris. You, Zeus, give peace to all the nations of the world, and crown (with a wreath) the winners of the holy race/game"
@@stelios5314 Thank you, greatly appreciated.
@@Steve65065 You're welcome
Does no one at BBC see how annoying that red banner is? !!!
The sun will never set on the British Broadcasting Chyron.
Lol
Very beatiful Olympic flame ,at city Olympia - Religion Hleia. Iam proud my country Greece
🇬🇷 she is born Olympic Games.
Very beautiful lovely ceremony but banner obscured the crucial lighting of the flame
I feel very proud of my Greek heritage as I watch this ceremony! ❤
Would be better if there wasn't a great big red stripe across the screen
I love the Greek people, because no human race has contributed to the civilization of humanity than the Greek people. The Greek people didn't ask us anything for return of their immense contributions. Above all, Greek is poor country economically, but the people Greek never complained. I always would like to do something for Greek people. I will always love you until the day I die. Thank you the people of Greek for your wise contributions to humanity.
Dafuq???...bot overload
What on Earth are you talking about, I wont even get into the factual errors
@@dxubty individuals like you has no clue of history I won't waste time to explain for ignorant.
you completely forgot the importance of Indian & Chinese histories along with your Greek history... Very Western move... The Greeks always were in collaboration with the people of Indos since the battle of Hydapases by Alexander ...
@@shubhankardasgupta4777 those who wiped out philosophers would like to hide the truth. Those racists who look at themselves above everyone don't want to hear gratitude of the real people who gave humanity Democracy, Philosophy, Olympics etc... .
Gold medal for the beautiful dresses.
They are hideous! Not suitable for the magnitudε of this particular occasion. Women in ancient times were wearing sleevless dresses but not strapless.
@@whitegardenia3813 You prefer burlap?
They are awful. Look at the 2016 ceremony for comparison.
thank you for not showing me the full show... great job !
BBC English lesson - Idiom of the day: Red Tape
Omit the banner entierly. Only show at the beginning!
This is clipped from a to broadcast so it follows the BBC’s standards for tv, not CZcams.
Really? Banner over the entire thing? No captions? Seriously?
Beautiful
Historique
The red strip on screen though ...
😊
So, what happened to the parabolic mirror? Was it indeed a parabolic mirror or just a drum? And what good is a parabolic mirror on an overcast day anyway? The parabolic mirror was on a stand nearby, but was mostly covered by the red BBC banner across the screen.
They said the mirror was used a few hours before the ceremony to light the flame in advance , because the weather conditions (cloudy) wouldnt allow the flame to light during the ceremony.
Usually it’s done by Apollo by the mirror. Look for example for the 2016 ceremony. But it was apparently too clouded this time.
To lit 🔥 the fire, maybe they learn it from ancient Egyptian
there's something fishy about it
The actress with the Light in the video playes in the greek tv serial . Talented and beloved one😘😘♥
this gives me a respite and probably hope against the recent and continuing news about war, hunger, and famine, everywhere
Gee this huge banner is so annoying.
It's awesome 🥇🥈🥉
Terrible placement of your lower third banner. It blocks most of the action throughout the ceremony.
I can't read it, make the banner bigger pls BBC
😂😂
Lol 🤣
BBC News banner is a no-no.
The backup flame! I need some of that! But that banner!
So pleased that all civilised nations will stop their wars until after the Olympic games!
good thing there are no wars happening!!
only armed conflicts, special military operations, and ongoing developing situations
Remove the banner now
wonder how long those people/statues have to stand there.
reporter whispering like at a golf tournament.
Omg this freakin banner ! Why bbc
news banner is tooooo big ..so we cant see the thing properly....
Thank God the Olympics is on its way. The world seriously needs some inspiring together-time right now.
Möge es Frieden bringen 🔥🕊🇬🇷🕊🔥🌎
BBC.... please make your banner much bigger next time. Thanks.
I am joining the comments about how ridiculous and annoying mistake that red banner is, and how incredible it is that no one at BBC saw it
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❤ it is a symbol of peace and harmony
It symbolises of the ancient god Prometheus giving the flames to human by defining zeus
Historic.
I want to see the entire relay. Idc how long it takes to sit and watch.
there's a sea of blood on the screen
BBC havent you heard of a watermark?😂
One BBC to rule them all.
I really like the natural sound of the birds singing thru in the background.
If anyone is wondering, all those amv3 comments are from bots for amazons crypto, even if it looks like a real account, it is not. Weird way to market it.
How does it market it? I had no idea to what it meant. Just a stunt?
Hail den Göttern und Göttinnen des Olymp
I had a good time!
Gorgeous ceremony as always! Well done Hellas!
Hideous clothes, though, that have nothing to do with Ancient Hellas (Greece).
What was this nice lady talkin about in the end?
Beautiful
Tnx 😊
Friends of France🇫🇷, congratulations 🎉, let the game prepared
The banner size really does near a parody of a news broadcast. 😅
Watched a red banner for 11 minutes
Damn. Them Greek girls are pretty
Let the weird rituals begin.
BBC news banner was blocking the most important parts of the great event
As a Greek, this news banner is at least disrespectful. Do you realise this is an ancient ritual that represents the purest form of the human being? I would say the same thing if a Greek channel did the same with the British royal family for example, I would find it disrespectful if I could only see their foreheads
So how did they light the first flame? They just show it already lit @6:19
I didn't know if my screen is broken or not but BBC can you please make the red banner a bit bigger because I cant see a thing. Cheers.
what happens if it rains? do they go around with an umbrella?
In Greece the weather is not constantly changeable. So if it is going to rain, it is known days before.
And the banner block everything 😂😂😂😂
Greek Godess 😍
They are priestess of temple of Hera. You are not listening
First the fire of the torch has to be brought from Delphli / the Pythic games to Olympia - you forgot
Greece the country that brought the world the world!
Translation in caption and Lise the red banner.
ahhh a very good red banner....
If they just remove the Red writing, we may be able to see😅.
Please remove that banner!
Very bad work Why the banner cover the moment It’s was faked didn’t the sun light enough to light the torch Disappointed😢😢😢😢
I’m glad that this ceremony was not wokened
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i'm so lost. WHEN does it actually happen? I saw woman with no flame walking and then suddenly people standing in different positions already flame in hand. Did they cut it?
Not authentic.
They used to be naked.
Not the women!
Only while competing.
new game new fun
Who's running the graphics dept. at the news. It's happening to all news networks right now.
Horrible banner. I wonder if BBC staff watched their own news
In the XX century dresses of greek women, which took part in this ceremony, were snow-White! ❤
Ancient Greeks are like elves
Normally, Apollo lights the flame with the paranoloc mirror and the sun. This Olympics, your flame is brought to you by Bic
For the Next Olympic, please cover the whole screen with ur banner.
did the commentator have to blather on the entire time? and the banner, omg!
Aren't those flame carrier supposed to be naked as a symbol of pure ?
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Nice
It's the Olympic flame! It's not a sacred flame! Remove the red banner BBC! People want to watch!
Are their arms Ok?
Why don't they rebuild the temple?
lmao their flames is so tiny
Yunan ❤
interpreting while staying at bed
4:35 Is that joke? I don't think this instrument is for just touch drum stick.
Trust me, you didn't miss much.
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Absolutely appalling placement of the oversized and ridiculous banner! Get your act together BBC, ..and I’m normally a die-hard fan.