The torch for the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics has been lit in an indoor and scaled-down ceremony in ancient Olympia due to weather warnings.⁣ ⁣ The traditional ceremony, normally held at the stadium where the Games were born in ancient Greece and using actresses as priestesses who light the flame from the sun's rays using a parabolic mirror, was scrapped ahead of time due to heavy rain warnings.⁣ ⁣ The torch will pass through 60 Italian cities and 300 towns with a total of 10,001 torchbearers, before reaching Cortina D’Ampezzo on January 26. CGTN’s Evangelo Sipsas was there.⁣ ⁣ #Greece #Olympics #olympicflame