Greek Canadian figure skater Niki Georgiadou last torchbearer in the Greek relay, lights the alta at the Panathenian Stadium, where the first modern Games were held in 1896, during a ceremony in Athens Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009. After an eight-day trip through Greece, the flame will be flown to Canada for a 28,000-mile journey which organizers say will be the largest national relay.
(AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)