The cauldron, with the Olympic flame lit, lifts off while attached to a balloon as the torchbearers French former sprinter Marie-Jose Perec and French judoka Teddy Riner stand in front during the ...

Teddy Riner and Marie-Jose Perec watch as the cauldron rises in a balloon in Paris, France, during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 26, 2024.

The iconic sign of the games will take off into the sky every night, landing again at 2 a.m., for the length of the Paris Olympics. But it's tethered to the ground the whole time. CNET editor Gael ...

LUIS TATO/AFP via Gett This year's Olympic cauldron is grandiose — but not quite flaming. As the French and tourists have flocked to the Jardin des Tuileries in Paris to see the spectacular ...

PARIS — The night the Olympic and Paralympic cauldron first flew over Paris, its designer Mathieu Lehanneur held his breath: Nothing could go wrong. The balloon, lit by the Olympic torch and set ...

Mathieu Lehanneur, designer of the Olympic cauldron, on how his environmentally friendly design burns bright without actual fire.