Lighting and Handing-Over Ceremony of the Olympic Flame

OLYMPIA, GREECE - OCTOBER 21: Maria Nafplotou (L), who plays the role of high priestess, passes the olympic flame to skier Vassilis Dimitriadis, the first torchbearer, during a rehearsal for the Lighting Ceremony of the Olympic Flame for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games at the Ancient Olympia site on October 21, 2009 in Olympia, Greece. The torch was lit using the rays of the sun in the ancient sanctuary where the Olympic Games were started in 776 BC, near the temple of Hera. Torchbearers will carry the Olympic Flame through Greece for eight days before a hand-over event on October 29 in Athens, after which it then goes to Canada. (Photo by Milos Bicanski/Getty Images)