GREECE - OLY2016 - FLAME - CULTURE - SPORTS Stock Image

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GREECE, Olympia: Greek gymnast and 2015 world champion Lefteris Petrounias carries the Olympic torch at the Temple of Hera on April 21, 2016, during the lighting ceremony of the Olympic flame in ancient Olympia, the sanctuary where the Olympic Games were born in 776 BC. The Olympic flame was lit in an ancient temple in one country in crisis and solemnly sent off carrying international hopes that Brazil's political paralysis will not taint the Rio Games that start in barely 100 days.

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• Newzulu
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• Nicolas Koutsokostas
• Greece
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• April
• 2016
• Flame
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• olympic
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• Brazil
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• Hera
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• Lefteris Petrounias
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