tonight! (27th of july)
They time the running of the torch from Greece to the Olympic venues so that the torch is carried into the main stadium at the end of the opening ceremonies and the big flame in the stadium is lit by the torch.
By foot, then car, then foot again into the stadium.
Rick Hanson.
Ron Clarke.
The Olympic torch relay always terminates in the central stadium of that year's Olympic Games.
It has 8,000 holes in the Olympic torch 2012
After being lit in a ceremony in Greece, the Olympic torch is carried through relay, to the country that is hosting the Olympics for the year. It is passed from runner to runner, until the final runner is revealed at the opening ceremony.
david beckham and jedward have carried the olympic torch
The Olympic torch relay for the London 2012 Olympics took a total of 70 days. It began its journey on May 19, 2012, in Land's End, Cornwall, and traveled across the UK before reaching the Olympic Stadium in London on July 27, 2012, for the opening ceremony. The relay covered approximately 8,000 miles and involved 8,000 torchbearers.
City of Coventry Stadium, Olympic Stadium, Wembley Stadium, Millennium Stadium.
2013 Metlife Stadium, 2012 Superdome Stadium, 2012 Lucas Oil Stadium, 2011 AT&T Stadium, 2010 Sun Life Stadium