In 2004, more than 3,600 people carried the torch all over the world. They covered 48,500 miles in 78 days. The torch was transported by air, across seas, by car, bicycle, motorcycle and wheelchair.
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usually people that enter the torch relay are mostly people from the country that hosts the olympic games that year.
a torch relay is when you are at the Olympics and the put a torch on fire its so cool!!
a torch relay is when you are at the Olympics and the put a torch on fire its so cool!!
The Olympic torch relay was invented in 1936.
The ancient Greeks were not the first people to do the torch relay. The torch relays origin dates back to the 1930's and was started by Germany (Nazi Germany, at the time)
every torch relay is different! this year (vancouver 2010 torch relay) the flame traveld 45, 000 km in over 106 days! making it way around the highest and the lowest point of canada!
They have a torch relay to show they care about the world.
The Vancouver 2010 Torch Relay estimated over 12,000 Torchbearers, while the Singapore version 2010 was 2400 Torchbearers.
The Olympic Torch Relay starts in the Greek city of Olympia.
They faced the humilation of protesters trying to put out the torch over an invation of Tibet. Kind of useless becaus it just a fire on a torch. The protesters are quite dim. If the fire goes out, the torch relay people will just relight it.
I dont know anything about "relay", but think about it, you can burn stuff with a torch.