What is weight of Olympic flame?

It is 69 cm long and weight 1.5 kg. The torch is composed of segments, which will open up once the torch is lit. The highest part represents the sun.

What shape is the Olympic torch?

The shape of Japan — a cherry blossom motif. The Olympic torch has been created in a traditional form, taking advantage of the same aluminium extrusion manufacturing technology used in the production of the Shinkansen Bullet Train.

Why is the Olympic torch a triangular shape?

Its triangular shape was inspired by multiples of three found across the Olympic Movement, including the Olympic values of excellence, friendship and respect and the fact that the 2012 Games will be the third Olympic Games held in London (1908, 1948 and 2012).

Is the Olympic flame the same flame?

The torch that first receives the Olympic flame won’t be the same one that’s used to light the Olympic cauldron. The flame is transferred from one torch to another during the relay.

What fuel is used in the Olympic torch?

Their ultimate choice is a mixture of 65% butane (cigarette lighter fuel) and 35% propane (LP gas). This blend could be stored under light pressure as a liquid and burnt as a gas at atmospheric pressure. The mix burns extremely cleanly producing only just enough soot to produce a bright yellow flame.

What fuel is used in the Olympic flame?

Does the Olympic torch flame ever go out?

In truth, it is relit a few months before each new Olympic Games. Many see the Olympic flame as a symbol of the life and competitive spirit of the Olympic Games. In that sense, one could say that the flame never goes out.

Why is the Olympic flame orange?

One hurdle however for olympic organizers set on using hydrogen to fuel the cauldron was that hydrogen is almost colorless and transparent when it burns. So to achieve the orange-yellowish tinge expected of an Olympic flame, organizers needed to add sodium carbonate solution (SCS).

Who lit the flame 2021?

player Naomi Osaka
Japan’s tennis player Naomi Osaka carries the Olympic torch in the Olympic Stadium during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, in Tokyo, on July 23, 2021. Osaka was born in Japan to a Japanese mother and a Haitian father. Her family moved when Osaka was 3 to New York, eventually settling in Florida.

Is Olympic flame ever put out?

After being lit the flame in the Olympic cauldron continues to burn during the Games, until the closing ceremony, when it is finally put out symbolizing the official end of the Games.

What does the lighting of the torch symbolize?

The Olympic flame symbolizes the light of spirit, knowledge and life. By passing the flame from one person to another in stages, the Torch Relay expresses the handing down of this symbolic fire from generation to generation.