because they had that in the B.C.s
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)
Chris Wilson http://www.vancouver2010.com/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!
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.
They have a torch relay to show they care about the world.
The Olympic torch relay always terminates in the central stadium of that year's Olympic Games.
usually people that enter the torch relay are mostly people from the country that hosts the olympic games that year.
the olympic torch relay takes place in the United kingdom
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.
The Olympic Torch Relay starts in the Greek city of Olympia.
it was 4hrs long!
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because they had that in the B.C.s
1936 Berlin Olympics
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they hold a baton and runn