Накануне эстафета олимпийского огня прибыла в канадский город Уистлер - горнолыжную столицу предстоящей зимней Олимпиады, а уже завтра огонь Игр будет доставлен в Ванкувер. За сто дней огонь, зажженный на горе Олимп, преодолел более 45 тысяч километров по всему миру! Факел доблестно несли лыжники, конькобежцы, бегуны, велосипедисты и сноубордисты, его перевозили в кабине самолетов, лесовозах, в раритетных автомобилях, и даже на собачьих упряжках. 

 

 

The Olympic flame is passed between two torches in Arnprior, Ontario on day 45 of the Olympic Torch Relay, December 13, 2009. (© VANOC/COVAN)

 

 

 

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Former Canadian Olympian Barbara Ann Scott carries the Olympic Torch in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa December 10, 2009. (REUTERS/Chris Wattie) #

 

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The Olympic Torch is pictured in Levis, Quebec, across the St. Lawrence River from Quebec City on December 4, 2009. (REUTERS/Mathieu Belanger) #

 

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Leslie Beck carries the flame through Downtown Toronto, Ontario on Day 49, December 17th, 2009. (© VANOC/COVAN) #

 

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Mathew Piccioni passes the flame to Community Cauldron Lighter Ryan Bennett in Brampton, Ontario on December 18th, 2009. (© VANOC/COVAN) #

 

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Gordon Singleton lifts the flame before a crowd in front of the falls in Niagara Falls, Ontario on December 20th, 2009. (© VANOC/COVAN) #

 

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Torchbearer Sara Bergami reacts, embracing VANOC's Luca Bertacchi after he dropped to one knee and proposed to her on the relay route, in Corunna, Ontario on December 24th, 2009. (© VANOC/COVAN) #

 

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Taylor Robertson carries the flame in Wasauksing, Ontario on December 30th, 2009. (© VANOC/COVAN) #

 

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Torchbearer Shania Twain lights the cauldron in Timmins, Ontario on January 1st, 2009. (© VANOC/COVAN) #

 

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Gunther Wirtz, the Community Torchbearer for Marathon, Ontario, carries the flame past firefighters on January 3rd, 2010. (© VANOC/COVAN) #

 

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Danielle Ethier (right) and Orville Smoke exchange flame in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba on January 7th, 2010. (© VANOC/COVAN) #

 

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John Nelson carries the flame aboard an old model tractor in Neepawa, Manitoba on January 8th, 2010. (© VANOC/COVAN) #

 

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Torchbearer Alexander Miller carries the flame followed by 28 horse riders in Sioux Valley Dakota, Manitoba on January 9th, 2010. (© VANOC/COVAN) #

 

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Flame with view of the Rocky Mountains in Alberta on January 16th, 2010. (© VANOC/COVAN) #

 

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Torches meet in front of the World's Largest Dinosaur (center, 86 feet tall, wearing official Vancouver 2010 Olympic mittens) in Drumheller, Alberta on January 16th, 2010. (© VANOC/COVAN) #

 

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Nancy Wilson carries the torch through sandstone Hoodoos near Drumheller, Alberta on Day 79 of the relay, January 16th, 2010. (© VANOC/COVAN) #

 

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A crew waves to the crowd as the flame travels aboard a handcar on the tracks of CP Rail in Lethbridge, Alberta on January 17th, 2010. (© VANOC/COVAN) #

 

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Kyle Yoshida carries the flame on the Calgary 1988 Olympic Oval in Alberta on January 19th, 2010. (© VANOC/COVAN) #

 

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Torchbearer Tyler MacRae snowboards down the halfpipe with the Olympic flame at Canada Olympic Park, site of the bobsled, luge, and ski jumping events at the 1988 Calgary Olympics, in Calgary, Alberta on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jeff McIntosh) #

 

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Flame Attendants move the flame from the torch back into the lantern in Banff, Alberta on January 21st, 2010. (© VANOC/COVAN) #

 

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Ross Bidinger carries the flame over a frozen lake in Windermere, British Columbia on January 22nd, 2010. (© VANOC/COVAN) #

 

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Sarah Mulhall swims with the olympic flame at the hot springs pool in Kootenay National Park, British Columbia on January 22nd, 2010. (© VANOC/COVAN) #

 

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Anastassia Famina carries the flame with style in Salmo, British Columbia on January 23rd, 2010. (© VANOC/COVAN) #

 

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Torchbearer Robert Cable carries the flame in an antique car in West Kelowna, British Columbia, January 25th, 2010. (© VANOC/COVAN) #

 

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Stacey Rotheisler carries the flame along the pier in Peachland, British Columbia on January 25th, 2010. (© VANOC/COVAN) #

 

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On Day 90 the Flame travels through a rail tunnel in British Columbia. Photo taken January 27th, 2010. (© VANOC/COVAN) #

 

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Jamie Lee skates with her torch in Fort St. John, British Columbia on February 1st, 2010. (© VANOC/COVAN) #

 

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Don Tite carries the flame aboard a coast garde boat in Bella Bella, British Columbia on February 2nd, 2010 (© VANOC/COVAN) #

 

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Collette Child carries the flame in a canoe in Port Hardy, British Columbia on Day 96 of the relay. (© VANOC/COVAN) #

 

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First Nations welcome the flame to their community with a traditional dance in Kwakiutl's Long House in British Columbia on February 3rd, 2010. (© VANOC/COVAN) #

 

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David Hamilton carries the torch onto a ferry in Saltery Bay, British Columbia on February 4th, 2010 (© VANOC/COVAN) #

 

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A passenger photographs the Olympic flame aboard a ferry as it arrives in Horseshoe Bay, British Columbia on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jonathan Hayward) #

 

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Torchbearer Kristen McBride is cheered on by thousands of spectators during a community celebration in Squamish, British Columbia, Canada on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jonathan Hayward) #

 

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Jocelyn Pettit watches the Olympic Flame in Furry Creek, British Columbia on February 4th, 2010. (© VANOC/COVAN) #

 

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Olympic torch runner John Stibbard, the Vice President of Operations and son of the owner of the Capilano Suspension Bridge poses for photographs on the bridge after earlier in the day completing his leg of the Olympic torch run through Squamish in British Columbia on Friday, Feb. 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) #