Sochi 2014 Torch Relay to be longest in Winter Games history

  • November,13th,2012 at 6:01 PM

Over the course of the 123-day relay, the flame will travel more than 65,000km by foot, car, train, and plane, as well as on a “troika” – a traditional Russian sleigh – with approximately 14,000 torchbearers expected to carry it.  

The relay will visit more than 2,900 towns and settlements across all 83 Russian regions – from Kaliningrad to Vladivostok – and will come within an hour of 90% of the country’s population, meaning around 130 million people will be able to join in the celebrations. 
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