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The Olympic flame was handed to organizers of the 2018 Pyeongchang Games and will now head off on a 100-day journey across South Korea before the opening ceremony on Feb. 9. Pyeongchang organizing committee president Lee Hee-beom says the games will be an Olympics of “peace and harmony.” CBC | Sports News

The Olympic flame was lit in Olympia, Greece where it will make it’s way around the country for eight days before arriving in South Korea on Nov. 1. CBC | Sports News

The flame for the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea was lit at the birthplace of the ancient Olympics Tuesday, despite a brief cloudburst that disrupted the sun-reliant ceremony. CBC | Sports News