The 2028 Los Angeles Summer Olympics torch relay will travel across all 50 states as the flame makes its way to Los Angeles from Atlanta, the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee has announced.
Following Olympic tradition, the torch will be first lit in Olympia, Greece, the birthplace of the Games, then travel across the Atlantic to Atlanta. Atlanta, as the host of the 1996 Summer Olympics, the most recent Summer Olympics held in the U.S. (2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City), is also the site of the iconic moment when Muhammad Ali lit the Olympic cauldron.
From there, the torch will set off on a nationwide relay throughout the spring of 2028, bringing the Olympic spirit to communities in every corner of the country.
Organizers of the
LA28 Games stated that this torch relay will be among the most expansive in Olympic history. The route will pass through a wide array of iconic landmarks and coincide with festival celebrations in cities nationwide.
"Every Olympic Games begins with a single flame, and carrying that flame to Los Angeles is an honor and privilege that we'll share with every corner of the country, as Americans in all 50 states carry the flame on its path to our Opening Ceremony,"LA28 chair and president Casey Wasserman said in a statement.
Specific details about the torch relay’s Spring 2028 route have not been disclosed, and organizers plan to announce the full itinerary in 2027.
The Paralympic torch relay will begin in August 2028 with a ceremonial lighting in Stoke Mandeville, United Kingdom, and plans for the relay’s U.S. route will be revealed closer to the Games.
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