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It is not uncommon for the Olympic flame to be accidentally or deliberately extinguished during the course of the torch relay, with ‘backup’ flames accompanying the torch on the relay ...

You bet! But most of the time, the torch goes out or just won’t light. That’s why Olympic planners always keep a secret weapon on hand — backup flames! The initial flame is lit in Olympia ...

Exactly one month since the start of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Torch Relay’s journey across Russia, a Soyuz TMA-11M was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome with the Sochi 2014 Olympic Torch ...

A man celebrating being given the right to remain in the UK after a 19-year wait now hopes to carry the Olympic torch in Paris next ... have carried the Olympic flame in the city last Saturday.

According to tradition, the flame will be lit by the sun’s rays at a ceremony in Ancient Olympia. Then it will be carried by the Olympic torch to Athens and across the Mediterranean to the famed ...

In the background, around 6,000 members ... The idea of the torch rally harks back to the ancient Olympics when a sacred flame burned throughout the Games. ; The Paris Olympics will run from ...

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Torch relay: The flame then embarks on its journey, travelling across Greece before being delivered to the host city of the upcoming Olympic Games. This relay serves as a living link between the ...

More than 1,000 Special Olympic ... the Flame of Hope, runners stepped off to the tune of "Rocky." "I hope that everybody who sees the officers, the athletes, the individuals carrying the torch ...

A man has been detained on suspicion of planning an attack on the Olympic torch relay in Bordeaux ... they added. The Olympic flame arrived in Marseille earlier this month, ahead of the Paris ...

The 101-day domestic torch relay begins on November 1 when the Olympic Flame - lit in Greece on October 24 - arrives in Incheon, Korea. (ATR) The Rio 2016 Olympic Torch relay begins Thursday ...