Rio gets Olympic flame 100 days before games

Apr 27, 2016

Rio gets Olympic flame 100 days before games

Jin Kim 0 Comment Olympics, Sports, The Baltimore Sun olympic flames, Olympics, ports, rio games, summer olympics

The flame will reach Brazil on May 3 and spread across the country in a great effort involving 12,000 torchbearers.

: Priestesses dance around the Olympic flame burning in a cauldron, during the handover ceremony at thePanathinean stadium in Athens, on April 27, 2016. Greece on April 27 handed over to Brazilian officials the Olympic flame of the Rio Games as the 100-day countdown to the August 5 opening ceremony begins. (AFP Photo/Aris Messinis)

: Priestesses perform during the handover ceremony of the Olympic flame at the Panathinean stadium in Athens, on April 27, 2016. Greece on April 27 handed over to Brazilian officials the Olympic flame of the Rio Games as the 100-day countdown to the August 5 opening ceremony begins. (AFP Photo/Louisa Gouliamaki)

: Actress Katerina Lechou (R) performing as the high priestess gives the Olympic flame to President of the Hellenic Olympic Committee Spyros Kapralos (C), during the handover ceremony at the Panathinean stadium in Athens, on April 27, 2016. Greece on April 27 handed over to Brazilian officials the Olympic flame of the Rio Games as the 100-day countdown to the August 5 opening ceremony begins. (AFP Photo/Louisa Gouliamaki)

: A picture taken on April 27, 2016 shows Brazilian, Olympic and Greek flags as spectators attend the handover ceremony of the Olympic flame at the Panathinean stadium in Athens. Greece on April 27 handed over to Brazilian officials the Olympic flame of the Rio Games as the 100-day countdown to the August 5 opening ceremony begins. (AFP Photo/Louisa Gouliamaki)

: Actress Katerina Lechou (R) performing as the high priestess lights the Olympic flame, during the handover ceremony at the Panathinean stadium in Athens, on April 27, 2016. Greece on April 27 handed over to Brazilian officials the Olympic flame of the Rio Games as the 100-day countdown to the August 5 opening ceremony begins. (AFP Photo/Louisa Gouliamaki)

: Priestesses perform during the handover ceremony of the Olympic flame, at the Panathinean stadium in Athens, on April 27, 2016. Greece on April 27 handed over to Brazilian officials the Olympic flame of the Rio Games as the 100-day countdown to the August 5 opening ceremony begins. (AFP Photo/Louisa Gouliamaki)

: Picture taken during a sports event to mark the 100-day-countdown to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, at the Central do Brasil train staion in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on April 27, 2016. Greece on Wednesday handed the Olympic flame over to Rio Games officials setting off the 100-day countdown to the August 5 opening ceremony. / (AFP Photo/Yasuyoshi Chiba)

: President of the Hellenic Olympic Committee Spyros Kapralos (L) passes the Olympic flame to Rio 2016 Organising Committee President Carlos Nuzman (R) during the handover ceremony at the Panathinean stadium in Athens, on April 27, 2016. Greece on April 27 handed over to Brazilian officials the Olympic flame of the Rio Games as the 100-day countdown to the August 5 opening ceremony begins. (AFP Photo/Aris Messinis)

: Priestesses stand next to the Olympic flame burning in a cauldron, during the handover ceremony at thePanathinean stadium in Athens, on April 27, 2016. Greece on April 27 handed over to Brazilian officials the Olympic flame of the Rio Games as the 100-day countdown to the August 5 opening ceremony begins. (AFP Photo/Aris Messinis)

: The torchbearer, Greek Rowing World Champion Katerina Nikolaidou, holds the Olympic flame, during the handover ceremony at the Panathinean stadium in Athens, on April 27, 2016. Greece on April 27 handed over to Brazilian officials the Olympic flame of the Rio Games as the 100-day countdown to the August 5 opening ceremony begins. (AFP Photo/Aris Messinis)

: President of the Hellenic Olympic Committee Spyros Kapralos (L) passes the Olympic flame torch to Rio 2016 organising committee president Carlos Nuzman during the handover ceremony at Panathinean stadium in Athens, on April 27, 2016. Greece on April 27 handed over to Brazilian officials the Olympic flame of the Rio Games as the 100-day countdown to the August 5 opening ceremony begins. (AFP Photo/Louisa Gouliamaki)

: First lady of the United States Michelle Obama speaks during Team USA’s Road to Rio Tour presented by Liberty Mutual on April 27, 2016 in New York City. The event marks 100 days until the Opening Ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. (Photo by Ed Mulholland/Getty Images for USOC)

: Brazilians attend the handover ceremony for the Olympic Flame at Panathinean stadium in Athens, Wednesday, April 27, 2016. The Olympic flame was handed to organizers of the Rio de Janeiro Games on Wednesday, 100 days before the opening ceremony. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

: Greek Olympic Champions carry the flags of Greece, left, and Brazil as they arrive for the handover ceremony for the Olympic Flame at Panathinean stadium in Athens, Wednesday, April 27, 2016. The flame arrives in Brazil on May 3, and will be relayed across the vast country by about 12,000 torchbearers before the Aug. 5 opening ceremony in Rio de Janeiro’s Maracana Stadium. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

: A picture taken on April 27, 216 shows the Olympic flame burning in a cauldron during the handover ceremony at the Panathinean stadium in Athens. Greece on April 27 handed over to Brazilian officials the Olympic flame of the Rio Games as the 100-day countdown to the August 5 opening ceremony begins. (AFP Photo/Aris Messinis)

: Actress Katerina Lechou (R) performing as the high priestess lights the Olympic flame, during the handover ceremony at the Panathinean stadium in Athens, on April 27, 2016. Greece on April 27 handed over to Brazilian officials the Olympic flame of the Rio Games as the 100-day countdown to the August 5 opening ceremony begins. (AFP Photo/Louisa Gouliamaki)

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