Wayne Gretzky (the great)
yes the winter Olympics do have torches it is awesomely awesome!!!!! O.o
Wayne Gretzy lit the torch at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics.
Wayne Gretzky!!
PaulMc Carthy, or RogerMoore
There were many features in the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics in the year 2008. The centerpiece of the opening ceremony was the lighting of the grand Olympic torch.
The Olympic torch is a remnant of the flame from the previous Olympic games. The relay itself is to unify countries and spread the Olympic spirit.
At the 1952 Oslo Olympics, Eigil Nansen lit the first-ever Winter Olympics cauldron.
Italian cross country skier Stefania Belmondo.
Ski Jumping Stein Gruben
Beijing 2008 summer Olympics started august 8 when they lit the torch on the opening ceremony. The next summer Olympics will be London 2012.
It stays alight for the whole of the Games. It is lit in the Opening Ceremony and extinguished in the Closing Ceremony.
The Canadian portion of the torch relay for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics began in Victoria, British Columbia. The relay kicked off on October 30, 2009, and the torch was carried across various cities and communities in Canada before reaching its final destination in Vancouver for the opening ceremony on February 12, 2010.