List of torchbearers who have lit the Olympic cauldron
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List of torchbearers who have lit the Olympic cauldron
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Hideki Takada The tradition of carrying the Olympic flame from Olympia, Greece, the birthplace of the Ancient Olympic Games, to the host city of the modern Olympic Games via a torch relay was first introduced in 1936, ahead of the 1936 Summer Olympics. Since then, famous athletes with significant sporting achievements while representing the host country, promising young athletes, or other individuals with symbolic significance have been selected as the last runners in the Olympic torch relay and
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_torchbearers_who_have_lit_the_Olympic_cauldron
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2009-11-13T15:31:42Z
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2024-09-02T18:50:36Z
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