She represents the 2024 Paris Paralympics. Per the 2024 Paris Olympics site, the Phryges were "chosen as symbols of freedom and to represent allegorical figures of the French republic." ...

The flame-free Olympic balloon tethered to a cauldron that was an iconic symbol of last summer's Games in Paris is to return to the French capital every year up until the next edition in Los ...

PARIS (AP) — 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 ...

Paris was also where women first made their ... from the skies into a darkened world of smoke and swirling stars. Olympic symbols were celebrated, including the flag of Greece, birthplace of ...

The ornate grounds of the Palace of Versailles, 17 km (10 miles) outside Paris, is hosting the Olympics' equestrian events. The palace was built in the 17th century by the "Sun King" Louis XIV, who ...