that was a rather surreal. definitely the way to stream i've had for a while. it was a memorable ceremony. was one pretty sure the high priestess never spoke to me.

what was it she said it's full of the flame or something. there's. a lot more of course base. so much the top story this morning that the sochi twenty pulteney olympic flame isn't by seven days off it was in the ancient greek city of olympia carried by russia's deputy prime minister dmitri cool with ak if i traveled in a small mountain to breath when i was president vladimir putin spoke of its meaning for the russian people. 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 toss relay in a limb take a street the flame puts great there's so many people have turned out to the start of the russian relay it looks like a lot of fun and back. in

a minute. but it was. the stone i picked up in and then it was on my mantel piece 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 experience the 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. was still a big gold medal is there still something special for you. 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 delight and the crowd's reaction word factious i missed out on going to my home games in london and i was determined not to let sochi twenty fourteen passed 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 say look let's make a thing we want to her. you know whole and also desirable should be like wow.

a lot of questions where or. wait it's quite we have to take all the cover and the middle that out by. 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 when the wind goes underneath here and it just cuts 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've 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 paper

descends more than a kilometer under and uses the most sophisticated drilling equipment on the market to get to the precious. once the stones have been taken to a sorting sense and closely examined each rough gem is appraised and valued and i had a close family focused on my precious stone to. add must be some kind of. you have you. there 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 go. maybe maybe i'm just not right. there's certainly something very special about this and this ground 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 and 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. did most have been close to minus forty celsius but these olympic torch is and torch bearer is made of stern stuff. this huge quarry has been the frozen heartbeat 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 where to mate with it. and again show me the and. 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. 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 because 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. the torch 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 own 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 pyrotechnic 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. but 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 absorbed 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 for miles 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 tool trailer i was wondering what could possibly top it.

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might move 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. deliberate flame was traveling to the north pole and 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 stock a beautiful ocean lay between us and the top of the worlds. well just in case you 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 when you get the chance to test your own as well as the crew's experience and check 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 after only four days we were already near our destination that's a world record pace. we made this. letter to you ninety

degrees north isn't top of the world. ah. what's the champagne had been finished everything kicked into gear the torch bearers went off to get ready and organizing committee began making preparations for the relay and we love the one on the other one and. tried to hold it the right way all. right but. with everyone in position 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 pakistan. in time and just seconds later she was away and i was on collection g.c. . i think that's when we now. think. yes so i go to take a look off the list and return it may. i was it good. yes go

through it most of it. if. we stepped off the ship and on to the ice the torches glowed flickering through the pitch black hole and nights. of pioneering soviet polar explorer auteuil chilling door of would ignite the culture of the most northerly place on the planet. it's not often you get three witness a moment of history it's the first time the olympic flame has ever been that of 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 gold in lies in committee. the flame the ip that is has its own security team at all times not to mention its own

private jet. blue got this special service called the flame keeper which is just responsible for the security of the plane they keep the plane little. on the special food bill you know all of these flame will never go up. for. free. 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 for the torchbearer. you know the nobody will harm me nobody will get this fish bowl police are just there because it's just a flame and it's very dangerous for everybody. this

is come chaka a volcanic peninsula that's one of the most easterly places in russia. that is the highest so that you don't burn yourself when you're torch is lit or going. for the good fortune we've never talks to the flaming torch bearer in russia because you never. everybody every had an inhabitant of the cities just very proud that comes to his cd i must say that ok lation now 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. my posts to go. i literally run the house of la. but the torch would move all over the mountains across the sea. even else of this world. and. live show. yes another historic moment it paid a visit to the international space station more than four hundred kilometers above

the planet's. safety reasons made its on board a heavily fueled rockets a bad idea the world's first olympic spacewalk was no problem. back down if i was getting some inspiration. yes. i've come so far with the torch i was going to have to see it through to the end but what 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 a new father in the south of the country in under two hours i was going to be a torch bearer. for my fishel uniform. because. it was time to suit up and pick up the most vital piece of equipment.

i think. let's make. a similar set 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 and we can run towards it ok going to. the russians or.

none of us could wait to get stuff says and the policy 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 and it was. honestly i can't believe it. did school really freezing today isn't it. planned so let's meet our church. as i wave to the crowd i haven't expected to be so nervous my whole epic journey

led to this moment and as i waited for number one million three to pulse me the flame all i could think of was for goodness sake don't drop it. by. the dream come true i missed all the mystery of the london twenty games i never thought of the gods to be part of another day and now i'm. going to play with this moment. i am. i think. i'm going to little further to go with this story. i was with it when it was lit

for the very first time in a limpia increase it went deep underground into the diamond mines and you could see i was with it when it plunged into the waters of lake baikal and i was with it when the winds didn't have the very top of the world and then it went out. to the international space station. to believe. if you could combine the four elements of . you could turn face metal into goals this tool which of those elements and even the fifth element the quintessence from space itself i believe that this torch has the energy to help you win gold in sochi. russia believe in us.

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it's only a matter of hours before the official start of the twenty fourteen winter games anticipation is growing but the intrigue surrounding the opening ceremony adding to the excitement plus. he says the competition is just about ice and snow not all the athletes have gathered here in sochi will be giving out the fashion gongs at the winter olympics from the we had a wonderful costumes to the overly bright and just downright bizarre. in the knees day embarrassed u.s. diplomats try to love for an apparently how takes place the phone chat about how they could tell you about the next ukrainian government.