Sentence examples for flame was handed from inspiring English sources

The Olympic Flame was handed over to London today.

The flame was handed over on the middle of the bridge, which was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, to Thomas Baker.

The Olympic flame was handed to organizers of the Sochi Winter Olympics in a ceremony in Athens at the site of the first modern Summer Games.

The flame was handed to the Princess, who was watched closely by other members of the official delegation including London 2012 chairman Lord Coe, Olympics minister Hugh Robertson, London mayor Boris Johnson, Beckham and five British sporting teenagers.

The official Games flag was handed to the mayor of Rio before the flame at the Olympic Stadium was extinguished.

The flag was handed to Mr Paes on Sunday in London before the flame at the Olympic Stadium was extinguished.

The flame has been handed over to London to host the Games for the third time since the birth of the Olympics - in 1908, 1948 and now 2012.

The flame will be handed over at the marble Pan Athenian stadium, site of the first modern Olympiad in 1896, before being flown to Guam to embark on a giant island-hopping tour of Oceania for the Sept. 15-Oct. 1 Olympics.

Two and a half hours before Roy Hodgson revealed the composition of his party for the Euro 2012 finals – the first major tournament for which England have qualified since 1998 in which Beckham will take no part – came the announcement that Goldenballs will be arriving in Athens to observe Thursday's ceremony at which the Olympic flame will be handed over to the representatives of London 2012.

The Olympic flame has been handed over to organisers of the London Games at a ceremony beneath a rainbow in Athens.

After the Greek relay, the Olympic flame will be handed over to London 2012 at a ceremony in the Panathinaiko stadium, Athens before flying to Britain on 18 May.