¹     Could you run a long way carrying fire? That is what the torch relay runners do. A few months before the Olympic Games begin, the torch is lit. It is lit by using the sun and a mirror. The torch is made of wood and metal. Runners carry the lit torch all over the world. They start in Greece. That is where the first Olympics were held.
 
²     There are 10,000 torch relay runners. The last person is a very special athlete. That .....
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