Olympic skier Vassilis Dimitriadis was the first torch bearer during the Ceremony of the Lighting of the Olympic Flame in Olympia, Greece. October 22, 2009. (Photo by Milos Bicanski/Getty Images)
President of the Hellenic Olympic Committee Spiros Kapralos hands the torch to Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games chief John Furlong at the flame handing over ceremony in Athens. October 29, 2009. (Photo by Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty Images)
Canadian rowing coach Albert Van Schothorst relays the Olympic torch with a dance in Saanich, Canada. October 30, 2009. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images)
Chief Gibby Jacob and other Canadian First Nation Chiefs row the flame in a miners lantern across Victoria Harbour during the torch lighting ceremony in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. October 30, 2009. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images)
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The Olympic flame passes through the Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Site and the Fisgard Lighthouse in Colwood, British Columbia, Canada. October 31, 2009. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images)
The torch leaves Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Site on mountain bike as it continues its journey across Canada. October 31, 2009. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images)
Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins carries the flame in the 2010 Olympic Torch Relay as it passes through Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. November 18, 2009. (Photo by Sandor Fizli/Getty Images)
The torch enters the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario, Canada during the 2010 Olympic Torch Relay. December 17, 2009. (Photo by Abelimages/Getty Images)
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A boy holds a candle as the Olympic torch passes through Niagra Falls during the Vancouver 2010 torch Relay in Ontario, Canada. December 20, 2009. (Photo by Abelimages/Getty Images)
The torch passed through Niagra Falls in Ontario, Canada during the 2010 relay. December 20, 2009. (Photo by Abelimages/Getty Images)
The Olympic Torch passed through the streets of London, Ontario during the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Relay. December 24, 2009. (Photo By Dave Sandford/Getty Images)
