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It starts in Athens, then it is taken around the world to where the games will be held.
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What is the sacred symbol that is carried around the world in a relay representing the celebration of the Olympic Games?
It is the Olympic Torch!
Why is the olympic torch sent around the world?
because it dum
Why does the Olympic Torch Go around the World?
because it is pure gold and it like the athelete
When was the Olympic torch carried to Mount Everest?
A team of climbers trudged through snow and ice to carry the Olympic torch to the summit of Mount Everest on Thursday 8th May 2008, fulfilling a long-held goal of the Chinese government to have the Olympic flame lighted on top of the highest mountain in the world.
Why does every Olympic Games have a torch relay?
They have a torch relay to show they care about the world.
Why can you conclude is the reason the Olympic Torch travels to so many places before it is used to light the cauldron?
The Olympic Torch travels around the world preceding the Games in order to show the peaceful and collaborative nature of the events.
Does the Olympic torch just go around the host country for the relay or around the world in the Winter Olympics?
It all depends on what that country want to do.
What color was the olympic 2012 torch?
The Olympic torch, which was made from aluminium alloy, was gold in colour (but contained no real gold). It contained 8,000 circular holes, to represent the 8,000 torch runners around the world (the holes also helped feed oxygen to the flames to keep them alive).
Who gets to be olympic torch bearers?
NO! The torch is lit in Athens (the home of the original Olympics) and is paraded in various major cities around the world, carried by a select group of well known athletes and celebrities from that country, and finally ends up arriving at the opening ceremony of the Olypmpics. It stays lit till the closing ceremony, where the torch is passed on the representive of the country which will host the next games in four years.
What is facts about Cathy freeman?
she is the first competing athlete in the world to be invited to light the Olympic torch
What world leader started the olympic relay with the torch?
The modern convention of the olympic flame relay was started in 1936 in Berlin while Adolf Hitler was the Chancelor.
What is the significance of the torch relay?
The significance of having an Olympic torch relay is because of many reasons from the joy of seeing it pass down your local high street, to showing that the world is united with this flame. Firstly, as this flame has been kept going since the first olympic games in Olympia, it proves that our world is caring and all the continents are united as they are on the Olympic logo with the rings joined together. Secondly, people are constantly at this minute passing on the Olympic flame, which is in Carshalton (near where I live I saw the Olympic torch today :o) which represents one of the sports in the games
