Actress Ino Menegaki, playing a high priestess, hands the Olympic flame to the president of the Hellenic Olympic Committee, Spyros Kapralos, at the Panathenaic stadium in Athens.
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Actress Ino Menegaki, playing a high priestess, hands the Olympic flame to the president of the Hellenic Olympic Committee, Spyros Kapralos, at the Panathenaic stadium in Athens.
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Kapralos (left) hands the flame over to Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak ahead of its trip to Moscow, before starting its 65,000-kilometer journey in Sochi on October 7.
Greece passes Olympic flame to Russia —
Kapralos (left) hands the flame over to Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak ahead of its trip to Moscow, before starting its 65,000-kilometer journey in Sochi on October 7.
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The last torchbearer of the Greek leg, figure skater Panagiotis Markouizos, lights the cauldron at the Panathenaic stadium to end a week-long journey.
Greece passes Olympic flame to Russia —
The last torchbearer of the Greek leg, figure skater Panagiotis Markouizos, lights the cauldron at the Panathenaic stadium to end a week-long journey.
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A previous torchbearer, Manolis Katsiadakis the general secretary of Greece's Olympic Committee, lights the flame in front of the ancient Temple of Parthenon on top of the Acropolis hill on October 4.
Greece passes Olympic flame to Russia —
A previous torchbearer, Manolis Katsiadakis the general secretary of Greece's Olympic Committee, lights the flame in front of the ancient Temple of Parthenon on top of the Acropolis hill on October 4.
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