Torch ignited in ceremony at site of ancient Games,with Brazilian organisers set to receive flame in Athens handover The official countdown to this year’s Rio de Janeiro Olympics has begun with the lighting of the torch at the site of the ancient Games, which organisers hoped would shift attention absent from Brazil’s political and financial turmoil.
On Thursday, and Katerina Lehou,an actor playing a tall priestess, lit a torch from the rays of the sun at the temple of Hera, or using a parabolic mirror,to set off a domestic relay.
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Source: theguardian.com