The flame was in 250 cities.
The Olympic flame of the XXXI summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, which was lighted on April 21 in the temple of Hera in Olympia, has come a long way from Greece to Brazil. National Olympic torch relay started on may 3 and will conclude August 5 at the stadium in Rio de Janeiro during the opening ceremony of the Olympic games.
The relay was held for all 26 States of the country and included about 250 cities, covering 90% of the Brazilian population. The fire covered more than 30 thousand kilometres by land, water and air, and the event was attended by the 12,000 torchbearers.
Torchbearer hot air balloon in the Brazilian state of goiás
Residents of the city of Gravatá (Pernambuco) take part in the relay
Dolphin was one of the participants of the Olympic torch relay in the city of Iranduba, Amazonas
The Olympic symbol in a canoe on lake Paranoa in Brasilia
Participant ol
episcopo fire riding a bull in the city Trindade
One of the torchbearers of the summer Olympic games became the janitor of Rio de Janeiro
Party leg of the relay in the capital of Brazil carrying the torch on horseback
Brazilian surfer Carlos Burle takes part in the Olympic torch relay in Ipojuca, Pernambuco,
Volleyball player Fabiana Claudino opened the Olympic torch relay in Brazil. Two-time Olympic champion received the torch from the hands of the President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff
Uchastiniki relay in the national Park of Serra da Barriga, state of Alagoas
