Monday, October 07, 2013

Sochi Olympics 'Torch' Relay



   I love a the normal 'retentiveness' of clockwork like Olympic stage managing and the now regular 'torch relay' is usually no exception. A well crafted ceremony takes place in Athens with white clad women using a metal bowl lens and oil in the sunlight to ignite a flame that then travels by air, sea or land [and this time even to the International Space Station. On the way cauldrons are lit, the flame is stored in a lantern and runners relay the flame to Sochi for the next Games!!
   Well, not this time... down a lane/hallway at the Kremlin the torch goes out... running alone the carrier signals a security guard ahead who quick as a flash whips out a cigarette lighter and it's all systems go [doh!!]

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