I like to think I have a special relationship with the Olympic Flame. I haven't. But I like to think I have.

There is a growing expectation here that the flame lit here at the rehearsal for the start of the Pyeongchang 2018 Torch Relay will be the one used for the official ceremony.

Greek cross-country skier Apostolos Angelis, 24, will be the first Torchbearer when the Relay from Ancient Olympia to Pyeongchang begins next Tuesday (October 24).

Any prospect of the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Torch Relay visiting North Korea appear to have been rejected by Games organisers - although there remains a very slim chance of it visiting the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) border. 

The Olympic flame for Pyeongchang 2018 will be lit at Ancient Olympia on October 24.

Pyeongchang 2018 are hopeful their Olympic Torch will signify the start of Asia’s Olympic boom, after its unveil here today.

A man has been arrested in Brazil for trying to grab the Olympic Torch in São Paulo.

A protester attempted to put out the Rio 2016 Olympic flame with a fire extinguisher as it continued its journey through the Brazilian city of Joinville.

With less than a month to go before the Games open in Rio, the Olympic flame arrived in the town of Rio Grande, the southernmost point on its journey.

The Olympic Cauldron which stands at the heart of the village in Ancient Olympia is a reminder of the only year three Olympic flames were lit in the same year. It happened 60 years ago.

Rio 2016 has launched the official song of the Olympic Torch Relay, which is currently underway in Brazil ahead of the Opening Ceremony on August 5.

The journey of the Olympic flame around Brazil was always likely to turn into one giant carnival, and it has certainly been so in the first 14 days.

Syrian swimmer Ibrahim Al Hussein carried the Olympic Flame on a glorious sunlit evening, providing a brief respite from the reality of a life far from their homelands for many of the refugees who now live here.

The Rio 2016 Olympic flame is now well underway in its majestic progress across Greece before making for Brazil, but there is something about the surroundings in Ancient Olympia that make the start of the journey very special indeed. The lighting ceremony has the capacity to inspire many emotions, but for the athletes of the world it serves as the ultimate clarion call for the Games.

When high priestess Katerina Lehou kindles the 2016 Olympic flame next Thursday, one person will be watching more intently than anyone else. Choreographer Artemis Ignatiou is responsible for every last detail of the flame lighting ceremony in Ancient Olympia.