Hellenic Olympic Committee

The Olympic Flame arrived with a procession of 15 cars from the Hellenic Olympic Committee, coming from the Peloponnese

What are the adjectives that should describe every new creative interpretation of ancient Greek culture? Must it be "simple yet elegant," "abstract" or "figurative"? Can it be "fresh"? Can it be "contemporary"?

And what are the appropriate adjectives for an esthetic proposal that is based on a completely different creative approach?

Greece's Olympic delegation will have its own portable air conditioners at the 33rd Games in Paris after the hosts' decision not to install ACs in the athletes' rooms for environmental reasons.

Two members of the board of Greece's sailing frederation have resigned since athlete Sofia Bekatorou, an Olympic Gold medalist, revealed she had been sexually assaulted by a board member in 1998.

The Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC) decided to suspend the remainder of the Olympic Torch relay through the country to avoid attracting crowds because of coronavirus, it said on Friday.

But HOC said the opening leg of the relay in the southern Peloponnese town of Sparta attracted an "unexpectedly large crowd," forcing it to suspend the remaining stops.

Next week's flame-lighting ceremony for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will go ahead in Greece despite concerns about the virus outbreak.
The Greek Olympic committee says it is working closely with national health authorities and will hold meetings to re-evaluate the situation every two days.

Crowds will be smaller and receptions have been scrapped at the Tokyo 2020 torch lighting ceremony in ancient Olympia, Greece, next week as the Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC) introduced measures to protect against the coronavirus, it said on Tuesday.

Greek organizers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic flame lighting ceremony in ancient Olympia next month said on Monday they have taken extra measures to avoid the coronavirus' spread during the torch's months-long relay.

Greek Olympic shooting champion Anna Korakaki will be the first-ever woman to be the first to carry the Olympic Flame, the Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC) announced on Thursday.

Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos talks with International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach and the head of the Greek Olympic Committee, Spyros Capralos, at the Presidential Mansion in Athens on Monday.