The biggest moment of any Olympic opening ceremony happens when the torch, first lit in Olympia, Greece, makes its way into the Olympic Stadium and lights the caldron to officially start the Games.

Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima never got his gold medal moment at the Olympics, but lighting the Games caldron on Friday night must have felt even better. Cordeiro de Lima, a marathon bronze medalist at ...

Nearly every family has one: The eccentric old relative stashed away in a corner. The person everyone tends to ignore and conveniently forget about. Atlanta, meet yours: The 1996 Olympic caldron.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... LONDON — Blimey, the hosts of the Olympics could not have committed a sillier gaffe if they let London Bridge fall down. Who hid the Olympic caldron? “It was ...