The organizers of the Paris Olympic Games said they used a mix of water and light to create a “greener” flame for the Olympic cauldron, and some fans feel duped.
During the opening ceremony, French Olympic gold medalists Marie-José Pérec and Teddy Riner seemingly used torches to set the Olympic cauldron ablaze, but the flame was actually an illusion made with 40 LED lights and over 200 water misting nozzles.
Amid intensifying climate change concerns, Tony Estanguet, head of the Paris 2024 organizing committee, told The Telegraph that they wanted the Olympic cauldron to “use a new technology in order to not produce too many emissions.”
