have been very old the olympic torch relay route and it's the longest in the game's history michael christian curry reports. the olympic torch relay is an essential part of assuring in the next olympic games and this time the torch is facing its long its longest journey sixty five thousand kilometers which is one of the half times longer than the earth's a conference however the link is in the project's biggest achievement the most important things that we're given the opportunity for the everybody to feel for the contrary and to be involved and inspired by the interest from all around the world to run so i'm sure we'll be showcasing the face of new more than russia where positive sustainable changes are obviously happening now and this is a great time to demonstrate that the wall taking on such a daunting route across unpredictable and difficult terrain is another point that's making this one of the grandest of torch relay but it's the fourteen thousand torchbearers over one hundred twenty three days it's making this really even more historic and russia seems to making sure it takes full advantage