Olympic flame handover ceremony for Sochi Winter Games held in Athens

Source:Xinhua Published: 2013-10-6 14:24:45

Actress Ino Menegaki who plays a high priestess lights a torch with the Olympic flame during the handover ceremony of the Olympic flame for the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games, at the Panathenaic stadium in Athens, October 5, 2013. Photo: Xinhua
 

The Russian national flag, the Olympic flag and the Greek national flag (above ,L-R) are seen during the handover ceremony of the Olympic flame for the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games, at the Panathenaic stadium in Athens, October 5, 2013. Photo: Xinhua
 

Spyros Kapralos (L), president of the Greek Olympic Committee, hands over the torch to Dmitry Kozak, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation during the handover ceremony of the Olympic flame for the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games, at the Panathenaic stadium in Athens, October 5, 2013. Photo: Xinhua
 

Torch bearer Greek figure skater Panagiotis Markouizos (2nd L) lights the couldron with the Olympic flame during the handover ceremony of the Olympic flame for the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games, at the Panathenaic stadium in Athens, October 5, 2013. Photo: Xinhua
 

Actresses who play high priestess perform during the handover ceremony of the Olympic flame for the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games, at the Panathenaic stadium in Athens, October 5, 2013. Photo: Xinhua



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