It is important because it is a tradition!
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It is the Olympic Torch!
The Olympic Flame or Olympic Torch is a symbol of the Olympic Games. Commemorating the theft of fire from the Greek god Zeus by Prometheus, its origins lie in ancient Greece, where a fire was kept burning throughout the celebration of the ancient Olympics.
we have the olympic torch to reprecent the countrey
The final Olympic torch bearer will use the torch to light the cauldron at the Olympic venue.
in olympia, in greece that is where the olympic torch is lit
The Olympic torch relay was invented in 1936.
Since the first Olympic games celebrated in the modern time, the Olympic Torch has become symbol of the peace between the continents. This question is more fully answered by looking in the link I will place below.
we have the olympic torch to reprecent the countrey
The Olympic torch relay always terminates in the central stadium of that year's Olympic Games.
Wayne Gretzky ran the Olympic torch for 2010
They use a drill to make holes in the Olympic Torch.
this year the Olympic torch will be led through Dundee