The journey of the Olympic flame Sochi 2014 is started

On a warm autumn day the Greek actress Ino Menegaki, dressed as ancient priestess, he repeated the ritual that took place for the first time at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games by lighting the torch through the rays of the sun that have bounced off a concave mirror. The first of 14,000 torchbearers who will carry the torch until the opening ceremony'' was Ioannis Antoniou, greek alpine skiing, while the first Russian was the legend of'' ice hockey Alexander Ovechkin. The torch will pass through 83 regions of Russia and in 2900 villages covering a total of 65,000 kilometers, the longest journey regarding the Winter Games. Before turning on the tripod of Sochi the flame will arrive even in space, so very American to demonstrate the'' current size and power of Russia.