altie spanish find out more visit. tito it's calm. it was supposed to be just another news or of course although admittedly for a special occasion it was one hundred twenty three days before the start of the winter olympic games in sochi and i was in greece for the lighting of the olympic flame the ruins of elim pierre one of the most famous monuments of ancient greece the site of the very first olympic games where stones like this would have been part of the temple. the temple. temple of. home. mom.

well that was all rather surreal. definitely the way to stream i've had for a while. there was a memorable ceremony. who i'm pretty sure the high priestess never spoke to me. what was it she said it full of the flame or something. there's. a lot more of course of base. from which the top story this morning than the thirty twenty pulteney olympic flame as of right in moscow seven days after it was in the ancient greek city of libya carried by russia's deputy prime minister dmitri cool with ak the flame travelled in a small lanton to red square where president vladimir putin spoke of its meaning for the russian people. the olympic torch the symbol of the world's primary sports competition of peace and of friendship. but he has come to russia. there are many marks the start of the longest tools relay in a limb take a street the same boy it's great that so many people have turned out to the start

of the russian relay it looks like a lot of fun out there. in a minute. but it was. the stone i picked up in and then it was on my mantelpiece and if that isn't a sign i don't know what it is. i knew i had to get down to red square and experienced atmosphere for myself fortunately they were having a two day event. so from sunny greece to rather soggy moscow just at the very start of the torch is journey around the whole of russia i'm excited. the days first run there was paralympic star alessio bloody who picked up two gold medals in the beijing and london games. he's still

a big gold medal is there still something special for you i guess of course it's a unique feeling because i had never carried the torch before i had first i ran with it quite easily then i felt i was becoming heavier and heavier but i was determined to carry it properly and show it to everyone so that they could all appreciate the moment. and the crowd's reaction words factious i missed out on going to my home games in london and i was determined not to let such a twenty four team pass me by there were fourteen thousand torchbearers slots up for grabs one of them was going to be mine. when we were making the technical order for the factory we said let's make the thing we want to her. you're whole and also desirable should be like wow.

a lot of questions where are. weight it's quite heavy we have to take all the cover and the middle that out by the machine extra weight of the aluminum so it's really fine. if the feather feather over the period of burton firebird in the russian. stories and fairy tales and to get this feather from the firebird is a super challenge for the guild. the

problem can be girls underneath here and it just caused the fire but in this kid we have a special. wiring inside which melting and of like really a red color. and it's the fire so basically it's a rift fire in itself. i was going to have to wait a while before i found out if i'd been picked as a torch bearer more than enough time to try and learn a little more about my mysterious stone. some of russia's most eminent geologists live in. the center of russia's diamond

industry on the rocks down here in the most expensive in the country. the pits descends more than a kilometer under the earth and uses the most sophisticated drilling equipment to get to the precious. once the stones have been taken to a salting sense and closely examined each rough gem is appraised. and only had a close only focused on my precious stone to. add must be some kind of limestone and you have used the i can see small crystals here proving that it's ancient rock. movement but really it shouldn't light up should it. no it's fast but it's luminescent as from.

ok maybe you could make it luminescent if you really believed it right thank you did you really expect it to glow. maybe maybe i'm just not right. there's certainly something very special about this and this grounds i don't know but it might just be because they use to pulling glittering thing this out of the dark here. but who wants minis diamonds with the top attraction in turn around it was time to head towards the city's most well known landmark where they were getting ready to welcome some very special guests. from all in forty years these huge realized trucks one of the most famous symbols in the acute year

carrying the region's diamonds from its quarries and factories and now. it's getting ready for its most important passenger ever. it must have been close to minus forty celsius but these olympic torch is and torch bearers are made of sterner stuff. this huge quarry has been the frozen heartbeats of the city for more than fifty years producing more than seventeen billion dollars of diamonds my stone it meant i was here to watch the parade but what was i supposed to do next. great shot. lives so when two mates were to. again show me the way.

carlo. choice. they can be few more famous natural landmarks in russia than lake baikal the oldest and deep this lake on the planet on the site of a very special olympic celebration. for the first time ever they're planning to light the olympic flame on the water over me in this case your average tool which isn't going to cut it so special equipment is required and special people to carry it and who better than the local rescue ranger. are professional activity is mostly dedicated to rescuing people on lake baikal our job is important difficult interesting and in a way romantic by cow has many faces in winter it's tough and in

summer it's beautiful you can't help but admire its power it attracts you and it's very important to me because it's a jewel of russia. everything's ready let's go then as nicholas puts the final touches to his equipment the excitement begins to build along the water's edge. rallies have been warmly welcomed across the country but the crowds here are about to witness something that's never been done before. and there's plenty of local showmen on hands went to tame them while they wait. a massive noise and color to cheer the torch bearers on. this torch is based on a special system there is a pirate technique charge that can burn at any depth in any temperature and under any circumstances. when it's under water it's like

a second son the flame literally illuminates the entire lake. autumn when you curious you can feel its enormous power. on the water temperature is four degrees celsius it's really freezing we could feel it on our uncovered faces but we were united by this flame that had to serve the energy of the entire country of every single person who cares about the flame that was what united us and that's why everything went perfectly. as i watched from out on the water you could almost feel the crowd's energy coming across the waves it had been another remarkable spectacle for this record breaking

to a tree and i was wondering what could possibly top it. looks like on the right track. so well but in. one corner the wall street jamie the table and diamond drug goes wild. and in the other corners the evil no good they refused to help bellow long-term capital management always dick the gorilla moved big. here to mediate this fight as hank that i am appalled will the rescue this stage rumble in the wall street jungle with a seven or billion times out the audience shrinks yes the game is rigged.

i've. talked rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want.

i've. i've just. i've moved from one ship to another but what a ship. i was on board the ice breaker fifty years of victory the pride of the russian nuclear fleet for a truly once in a lifetime experience. flame was traveling to the north pole i was going with. it my stone was telling me to follow the flame i was going to take it as far as i could. see hundred nautical miles of stark beautiful ocean lay between us and the

top of the world. well just in case she didn't actually believe we were going to the north pole i think that eliminates any doubt. it's another historic first for the sochi torch and a relay around the ship was planned for the occasion. and you can learn so many new things but if you get the chance to test your own as well as the crew's experience . what the ice breaker is really capable of. i mean this tour of the olympic torch to the north pole never before has a surface ship gone there so late in the season the ice was much heavier and to cope with it we almost needed the ice breakers maximum power.

we were making incredible progress slicing through the thick polar ice like bazza. only four days we were already near our destination that's a world record pace. let you ninety degrees north is it top of the world. ah. once the champagne had been finished everything kicked into gear the torchbearers went off to get ready an organizing committee began making preparations for the relay. we loved one on the other one and then tried to hold it right whale until. i got one. with everyone in position and we were ready to go and our captain was given the honor of starting off the run my main task was to keep the torch warm and make sure

it goes into past hand in time and just seconds later she was away and i was on collection g c. i think that's me now. thank you but yes i got to take a look off the list and return it later. i wasn't good. yet go through it no slips. no. we stepped off the ship and on to the ice the torches glow flickering through the pitch black polar nights. the pioneering survey of polar explorer and gore of would ignite the culture of the most northerly place on the planet. it's not often you get to witness a moment in history this is the first time the olympic flame is ever been at the north pole. and i'm here to see it. from as far north as

it's possible to go it was time to head east with the olympic organizing committee . the flame the ip that is has its own security team at all times not to mention its own private jet. who got this special. service would go up the flame cooper which is just responsible for the security of torch bearer and the flame the keep the flame the little lantern the walsh were on this special will you know that all of these flame will never go off. for. each city's greasing ceremony is unique and hundreds of volunteers helped make the occasion memorable. there's a possibility also to keep the security

a fold the torchbearer you know the nobody will homey nobody will get this for a show police are just the better because it's just a flame and it's very dangerous for everybody. this is come shot of all kind of peninsula that's one of the most easterly places in russia. that is to hold the highest so that you don't but yourself when you torch is lit. for the good fortune we've never talks to the flaming torch bearer and russian because you never. everybody every had an inhabitant of the cities just very proud that comes to his cd i must say that i hope you lation no three of them.

it was the end of another relay and i was in one of the most beautiful places in the country on the shores of the pacific itself but i was beginning to lose patience. i've come to the end of. what's. what do you want it's. what there mike. i literally run the house of land. but the torch would move all over the mountains across the sea. even else of this world. we live.

in yes another historic moment it paid a visit to the international space station more than four hundred kilometers above the planet. and although safety reasons made lysias on board a heavily fueled rockets overall the bad idea the world's first olympic space walk was no problem. i don't know if i was getting some inspiration of my own. yes. i've come so far with the tools i was going to have to see it through to the end i've watched so many different people in relays all over russia and even beyond now i was going to have my own moments with the symbol of the sochi games i was in to follow in the south of the country in under two hours i was going to be

a torch bearer. for. the show uniform. it was time to suit up and pick up the most vital piece of equipment. i think. let's make. a stimulus up to their english training thank you. last. more than two hundred of us would be running through the streets and the excitement was already beginning to build there was just time for a few tips on how to make the most of the moment. smile and wave your hand then they put out my torch and i stepped back and i'm not there anymore it's your turn you start and i'll be in the car that will be filming us starts to move

up and we run towards it ok going to. brush through. the. book and. none of us could wait to get started is on the pulse he was in full swing as we moved through the city thousands of people had turned out to cheer us all and watch the parade and we even had a few guests from the north pole putting in an appearance. we were dropping off people every two hundred meters so i just had a few minutes to. my neighbor cotton mill. you can really imagine how exciting it is. i'm looking forward to the moment when the whole country will see me it was. honestly i can't believe it.

did school was really freezing today isn't it. planned so let's meet our church. as i wave to the crowd i hadn't expected to be so nervous my whole epic journey led to this moment and as i waited for the number one million three to post me the flame all i could think of was for goodness sake don't drop it. by. the dream come true i missed. london twenty games i never thought of the thoughts of another day and now i'm. going to play with this moment.

i am. i think. that. i'm going to little further to go on with this tour. i was with it when it was for the very first time in a limpia increase it went deep underground into the diamond mines. i was with it when it plunged into the waters of lake baikal and i was with it when the winds by president of the very top of the world and then it went out to the swells to the international space station. to believe. if you could combine. the base metal into goals this tool which of those elements even a fifth element the quintessence from space itself. believe that this tool has the

energy to help you win gold in sochi. russia. now the power is now.

new york london. the whole world is on the. original one a further one down the end of the two hang up the court building at the end of the street another one a more transparent society gets the money or look at the tears become real see military and state and police forces mobilized against people who blend into the city the city the more people trust electronic devices the more defenseless. fear that has a thousand on. in one corner the wall street jamie the. drug goes wild. any other corners the evil no good who refused to help bellow long-term capital management always dick.

booed. here to mediate this. fall so will the rescue this stage rumble in the wall street jungle with a seven or billion times out the audience yes the game is rigged. thirteen twenty fourteen promises we all committed an exhilarating winter forcing our team to join me and you so now i'm a criminal and the rest of our lives thank you stain for sochi twenty four. on oxy . sigrid lumbered surely was able to build a new. version of leave. learn about anything mission to teach music. and. this is why you should care

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