ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (Reuters) -The torch for the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics was lit on Wednesday in an indoor and scaled-down ceremony in ancient Olympia due to weather warnings, marking the final push for organisers for the event in February.

The traditional ceremony, normally held at the stadium where the Games were born in ancient Greece and using actresses as priestesses who light the flame from the sun's rays using a parabolic mirror, was scrapped ahead of time due to heavy rain warnings.