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Olympic flame in Sochi after world’s longest relay

By Vladimir Isachenkov
Published February 5, 2014 5:06pm ET
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Olympic flame in Sochi after world’s longest relay
Alexey Voyevoda, a former Olympic bobsledder, who won silver in the 4-man bobsled in Turin in 2006, carries the Olympic torch as it makes it's way throughout the streets of the Rosa Khutor ski resort in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) | Christophe Ena

MOSCOW (AP) — The Olympic flame reached Sochi Wednesday, following a 65,000-kilometer (39,000-mile) route, the longest in the history of the games.

During the journey, the torch relay reached the North Pole, went to the top of Europe’s highest mountain, plunged into the world’s deepest lake and was even taken into space by Russian cosmonauts. The torchbearers included a 101-year-old man.

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