29/09/2013
With 132 days to go until the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, the Olympic flame was lit today in Ancient Olympia, Greece, during a ceremony organised by the Hellenic Olympic Committe...
20/09/2013
Greek Alpine skier Ioannis Antoniou has been named as the first torchbearer of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Torch Relay. The 18-year-old will carry the torch once it has been lit at a special lighting cerem...
09/07/2013
With the Olympic flame due to arrive in Russia in three months’ time, the Sochi 2014 Organising Committee has already approved approximately half of the torchbearers for the Olympic Torch Relay. Of th...
26/06/2013
The Sochi 2014 Olympic Torch will make history when it is taken into space later this year. The torch is due to travel to the International Space Station (ISS) where it will then be taken on a spacewa...
13/06/2013
The Sochi 2014 Organising Committee has unveiled the Celebration Cauldron for the Olympic Torch Relay, which will begin on 7 October in Moscow. The lighting of the Celebration Cauldron will be the cul...
22/01/2013
With less than nine months before the start of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Torch Relay, Presenting Partner Coca-Cola has kicked off its campaign to select 2,014 torchbearers. An independent jury made of re...
14/01/2013
The Sochi 2014 Organising Committee has unveiled the torch that will carry the Olympic flame during the next Winter Games. The torch was presented by Sochi 2014 Ambassadors Tatiana Navka, and Ilya Ave...
08/10/2012
With one year to go until the Olympic flame arrives in Russia ahead of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games, the Organising Committee has unveiled the route of the Olympic Torch Relay, which will be th...
27/07/2012
Today it was the turn of the UN General-Secretary to carry the Olympic torch during its journey through London. In the presence of IOC President Jacques Rogge, Ban Ki-moon received the flame in Westmi...
26/07/2012
The Olympic Flame passed iconic landmarks including Buckingham Palace and St. Paul’s Cathedral on the penultimate day of the London 2012 Torch Relay, as it travelled through the British capital ahead ...
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