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FAST FACTS The journey of the Olympic torch relay 1936 Greek runner Konstantinos Kondylis begins the fi rst Olympic torch relay. 1952 Skiers carry out the fi rst Olympic Winter Games torch relay, crossing Norway from  Morgedal to Oslo. 1960 1,520 torchbearers  take part in the fi rst televised torch relay to Rome. 1992 The fl ame reaches supersonic speeds on board Concorde, heading for Albertville. 2004  The fi rst global torch relay visits 27 countries on fi ve continents before reaching Athens. 2014 101-year-old Alexander Kaptarenko is one of 14,000 torchbearers to join the relay to Sochi. 2018 The PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Torch Relay will visit nine provinces and eight major cities across the Republic of Korea. 7,500 torchbearers 2,018km PyeongChang 100 days * INFORMATION SOURCED FROM IOC REPORTS AND OLYMPIC.ORG 82 OLYMPIC REVIEW