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Why did they do an Olympic torch relay in Greece?
because they had that in the B.C.s
Did the Ancient Greeks do the torch relay in the Olympic games?
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)
Who is the final Olympic torchbearer who will light the cauldron in Vancouver?
Chris Wilson http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-torch-relay/
What is the distance for the olympic torch relay?
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!
What is the signifiacance of the olympic torch and flame?
The olympic torch represents the theft of fire from Zeus by Prometheus the giant. It also might represent a relay run in the late Ancient Olympics in which a team of runners passed a torch between them and the last runner lit a huge torch. It is a tradition to light the flame at the beginning of all Modern Olympics.
