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The Olympic Torch Relay

What is a relay race? What do you do in a relay race? How many people make up a relay race? What is different about a relay race and an ordinary running race? What distance do relay runners run?

The Olympic flame in ancient times The flame of the modern day Olympic games is lit before each game at the site of an ancient Temple stadium complex in Olympia which is in the country of Greece.

1996 Olympic Torch Atlanta USA

The torch was lit at Olympia in Greece and then carried by relay to the host-city of the games.

The last runner carries the torch into the Olympic Stadium during the Opening Ceremony. The flame is then lit from the torch and will remain lit until it is put out during the Closing Ceremony

We will all make a torch that will look like this…