250 torch bearers to carry Olympic flame across 33 cities and 23 regions of Greece . Part 2

According to Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee, Alexander Ovechkin, professional hockey player, two times World Champion and Sochi 2014 ambassador, came to Olympia to become the first Russian torchbearer to carry the torch.

Ino Menegaki, playing the head priestess, lit the Olympic torch from the sun rays. 250 torchbearers will carry it across 33 cities and 23 regions of Greece. The torch will cover 2,000 km and arrive in Moscow on the 6th of October.

On the 5th of October, Panagiotis Markouizos, the final torch bearer of the Greek part of the relay, will hand over the Olympic torch to the Russian side at the Panathinaikos stadium, where the first Olympics took place in 1896.

The Russian torch relay starts in Moscow on the 7th of October. It will become the longest relay in history, covering over 65,000 km on foot, by car, train, plane, troika and reindeers, allowing 90% of the Russian citizens to see it within an hour’s travel from their home.

14,000 torch bearers will carry Sochi 2014 Olympic flame across 2,900 cities in all 83 Russian regions. The relay will conclude at the Olympics opening ceremony on the 7th of February, 2014.