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What happens to the Olympic Torch during the off years?

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I assume you mean the olympic flame.

The flame burns constantly at Olympia in Greece, when its time for the games a torch is lit, sent on a relay and the individual flame in the host nation is lit, and then extinguished

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What happens to theOlympic Torch during the off years?

I assume you mean the olympic flame. The flame burns constantly at Olympia in Greece, when its time for the games a torch is lit, sent on a relay and the individual flame in the host nation is lit, and then extinguished


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Where is the winter Olympic Torch?

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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.


Why are the Olympic games and the Olympic winter games on different years?

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Is high jump a sport in the Beijing Olympics?

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