The flame for this summer’s Paris Olympics was lit at the birthplace of the Olympic Games in southern Greece in a meticulously choreographed ceremony on Tuesday. It will be carried through Greece for more than 3,100 miles before being handed over to French organizers at the Athens venue used for the first modern Olympics in 1896.
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00:30Thank you.
01:00THE OLYMPIC TORCH
01:08Champion in rowing, Stephanos Nouskos.
01:12Rewarded with the Olympic flame by the Great Priestess.
01:17To the first bearer of the torch, Stephanos Nouskos,
01:20Olympic champion of aviation.
01:23It's hot, it's hot.
01:28The flame!
01:31Oh, the flame!
01:33The flame!
01:53The first bearer of the torch, Pierre de Coubertin,
01:59will start the torch-lighting ceremony in a few seconds.
02:22The first bearer of the torch, Pierre de Coubertin,
02:26will start the torch-lighting ceremony in a few seconds.
02:53The first bearer of the torch, Pierre de Coubertin,
02:57will start the torch-lighting ceremony in a few seconds.