Olympic torch handed to Rio 2016 organizing committee

Olympic torch handed to Rio 2016 organizing committee

Hellenic Olympic Committee President Spyros Kapralos (L) holds a torch with the Olympic flame in the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens on April 27, 2016, during the ceremony to hand over the sacred fire to the Rio 2016 organizing committee. After the flame arrives in Brazil, some 12,000 torchbearers will participate in a relay through the country before the opening ceremony of the Rio de Janeiro Games on Aug. 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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