New costumes in revamped torch lighting ceremony for Paris 2024

Next month's Paris 2024 Olympics flame lighting ceremony in ancient Olympia will showcase a new high priestess, redesigned costumes and fresh music as Greece looks to revamp the traditional ceremony.

The flame will be lit on April 16 in ancient Olympia, birthplace of the Games. In a traditional ceremony, actress Mary Mina playing the high priestess for the first time will use a parabolic mirror and the sun's rays to ignite the torch.

"This is big honour for me. I hope to live up to the trust you placed in me," Mina said in the ceremony's presentation on Tuesday. "I am very lucky to now take the reins."

The costumes Mina and her priestesses will wear also break with past ceremonies and will be two-toned - black and white - as opposed to the monochromatic white or light blue costumes of the past.

After the traditional lighting ceremony Mina will then pass...