SOCHI 2014 TORCH RELAY

THE SOCHI OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY TAKES OFF

Using the sun’s rays and a parabolic mirror, the flame was lit by a high priestess at the Temple of Hera. The priestess then used the flame to ignite the torch of the first runner of the Relay, 18-year-old Greek Alpine skier Giannis Antoniou.

HOC

ALEXANDER OVECHKIN, FIRST RUSSIAN TORCHBEARER OF THE RELAY

Ice hockey star and Sochi 2014 Ambassador Alexander Ovechkin became the first Russian torchbearer of the relay as the Olympic flame begun its journey to Sochi for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games, following its lighting in Ancient Olympia, Greece.

SOCHI 2014

SOCHI 2014 - OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY - DAY 22 - SAND

Sochi 2014 Torch Relay at Curonian Spit (Kurshskaya kosa), October 29, 2013

SOCHI 2014

SOCHI 2014 - OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY - DAY 22

Sochi 2014 Torch Relay in Svetlogorsk, October 29, 2013

SOCHI 2014

OLYMPIC FLAME REACHES EUROPE'S HIGHEST POINT

Following the visit of the Olympic Torch Relay to the Kabardino-Balkar Republic, the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee is pleased to announce that, as part of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Torch Relay, the Olympic Flame has been lit at the peak of the highest point in Europe - Mt. Elbrus, which is located in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic.

SOCHI2014

SOCHI 2014 - OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY - DAY 23

Victor Panov, Honoured Master of Sports of USSR (right) Sochi 2014 Torch Relay in Murmansk, October 30, 2013

SOCHI 2014

SOCHI 2014 - OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY - DAY 18

Sochi 2014 Torch Relay in Izborsk, October 25, 2013

SOCHI 2014

OLYMPIC FLAME REACHES EUROPE'S HIGHEST POINT 2

Following the visit of the Olympic Torch Relay to the Kabardino-Balkar Republic, the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee is pleased to announce that, as part of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Torch Relay, the Olympic Flame has been lit at the peak of the highest point in Europe - Mt. Elbrus, which is located in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic.

SOCHI 2014

SOCHI 2014 - OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY - DAY 17

Velikiy Novgorod, Sochi 2014, October 24, 2013

SOCHI 2014

SOCHI 2014 - OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY - DAY 20

Sergey and Mikhail Boyarskiy Sochi 2014 Torch Relay in Saint Petersburg, October 27, 2013

SOCHI 2014

SOCHI 2014 - OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY - DAY 22 - BOAT

Sochi 2014 Torch Relay at the Kruzenshtern ship, October 29, 2013

SOCHI 2014

SOCHI 2014 - OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY - DAY 21

Sochi 2014 Torch Relay in Petergof, October 28, 2013

SOCHI 2014

SOCHI 2014 - OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY - DAY 16

Pryazha, Sochi 2014, October 23, 2013

SOCHI 2014

SOCHI 2014 - OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY - DAY 15

Kizhi, Sochi 2014, 22 October, 2013

SOCHI 2014

SOCHI 2014 - OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY - DAY 17- GROUP

Velikiy Novgorod, Sochi 2014, October 24, 2013

SOCHI 2014

SOCHI 2014 - OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY - DAY 15 - SKIING

Petrozavodsk, Sochi 2014, October 22, 2013

SOCHI 2014

SOCHI 2014 - OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY - DAY 16 - KIDS

Pryazha, Sochi 2014, October 23, 2013

SOCHI 2014

SOCHI 2014 - OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY - DAY 15 - PETROZAVODSK

Petrozavodsk, Sochi 2014, October 22, 2013

SOCHI 2014

SOCHI 2014 - OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY - DAY 14 - BUS

Vologda, Sochi 2014, October 20, 2013

SOCHI 2014

SOCHI 2014 - OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY - DAY 12

Ples, Sochi 2014, October 18, 2013

SOCHI 2014

SOCHI 2014 - OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY - DAY 13

Yaroslavl, Sochi 2014, October 19, 2013

SOCHI 2014

SOCHI 2014 - OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY - DAY 10

Murom, Sochi 2014, October 16, 2013

SOCHI 2014

SOCHI 2014 - OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY - DAY 14 - SANTA CLAUS

Vologda, Sochi 2014, October 20, 2013

SOCHI 2014

SOCHI 2014 - OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY - DAY 9

Ryazan, Sochi 2014, October 15, 2013

SOCHI 2014

SOCHI 2014 - OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY - DAY 8

Yasnaya Polyana, Sochi 2014, October 14, 2013

SOCHI 2014

SOCHI 2014 - OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY - DAY 5 - SAILING

Tver, Sochi 2014, October 11, 2013

SOCHI 2014

SOCHI 2014 - OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY - DAY 6

Smolensk, Sochi 2014, October 12, 2013

SOCHI 2014

SOCHI 2014 - OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY - DAY 5

Tver, Sochi 2014, October 11, 2013

SOCHI 2014

SOCHI 2014 - OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY - DAY 1

Sochi 2014, October 7, 2013

SOCHI 2014

SOCHI 2014 - OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY - DAY 4 - SKIING

Alpine Ski Center Snej.com, Sochi 2014, October 10, 2013

SOCHI 2014

SOCHI 2014 - OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY - DAY 4

Arkhangelskoe, Sochi 2014, October 10, 2013

SOCHI 2014

SOCHI 2014 - OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY - DAY 3

Sochi 2014, October 9, 2013

SOCHI 2014

SOCHI 2014 - OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY - DAY 2

Sochi 2014, October 8, 2013

SOCHI 2014

SOCHI 2014 - OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY - DAY 8 - GROUP

Tula, Sochi 2014, October 14, 2013

SOCHI 2014

SOCHI 2014 - OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY - DAY 1 -STREET

Sochi 2014, October 7, 2013

SOCHI 2014

SOCHI 2014 - OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY - DAY 3 - FUN

Sochi 2014, October 9, 2013

SOCHI 2014

SOCHI 2014 - OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY - DAY 49

SOCHI 2014

SOCHI 2014 - OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY - DAY 47 - SEA

Sochi 2014 Torch Relay at the lake Baikal, November 23, 2013

SOCHI 2014

SOCHI 2014 - OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY - DAY 1 - CITY

Sochi 2014, October 7, 2013

SOCHI 2014

SOCHI 2014 - OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY - DAY 50 - WATER

Sochi 2014 Torch Relay in Krasnoyarsk, November 26, 2013

SOCHI 2014

SOCHI 2014 - OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY - DAY 46 - HORSES

Sochi 2014 Torch Relay in Ulan-Ude, November 22, 2013

SOCHI 2014

SOCHI 2014 - OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY - DAY 66

Sochi 2014 Torch Relay in Tobolsk

SOCHI 2014

SOCHI 2014 - OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY - DAY 66 - HELICOPTER

Sochi 2014 Torch Relay in Tobolsk

SOCHI 2014

SOCHI 2014 - OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY - DAY 80

Sochi 2014 Torch Relay in Samara.

SOCHI 2014

SOCHI 2014 - OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY - DAY 65

Sochi 2014 Torch Relay in Tyumen

SOCHI 2014

SOCHI 2014 - OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY - DAY 43

Sochi 2014 Torch Relay in Blagoveshchensk, November 19, 2013

SOCHI 2014

SOCHI 2014 - OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY - DAY 83 -NIGHT

Sochi 2014 Torch Relay in Yoshkar-Ola.

SOCHI 2014

SOCHI 2014 - OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY - DAY 65 - SKATING

Sochi 2014 Torch Relay in Tyumen

SOCHI 2014

SOCHI 2014 - OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY - DAY 90 - SKATING

Sochi 2014 Torch Relay in Kirov.

SOCHI 2014

SOCHI 2014 - OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY - DAY 93

Sochi 2014 Torch Relay in Nizhny Novgorod

SOCHI 2014

SOCHI 2014 - OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY - DAY 95 - NIGHT

Sochi 2014 Torch Relay in Saratov.

SOCHI 2014

SOCHI 2014 - OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY - DAY 95

Sochi 2014 Torch Relay in Saransk.

SOCHI 2014

SOCHI 2014 - OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY - DAY 100

Sochi 2014 Torch Relay in Orel.

SOCHI 2014

SOCHI 2014 - OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY - DAY 106

Sochi 2014 Torch Relay in Volgograd

SOCHI 2014

SOCHI 2014 - OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY - DAY 97

Sochi 2014 Torch Relay in Saratov.

SOCHI 2014

SOCHI 2014 - OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY - DAY 104

Sochi 2014 Torch Relay in Voronezh.

SOCHI 2014

SOCHI 2014 - OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY, CAMEL - DAY 112

Sochi 2014 Torch Relay in Astrakhan.

SOCHI 2014

THOMAS BACH AND UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY GENERAL BAN KI MOON

IOC President Thomas Bach and United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon participate in the Olympic Torch Relay in Sochi, Russia before the start of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games

IOC/JONES