Winter Olympics Torch Relay

Torchbearer and B.C. Lions coach Wally Buono runs with the Vancouver 2010 Olympic flame on its first leg in British Columbia at Kicking Horse Pass, British Columbia, Canada. (AP)

Senator Nancy Greene Raine, who won a gold and silver medal at the 1968 Winter Olympics, smiles as she hoists the Olympic Torch at Hillside Stadium in Kamloops, British Columbia. (AP)

Sri Lanka's Sugath Thilakaratne, a former 400m competitor, holds the 11th South Asian Games (SAG) torch at the top of Adam's Peak in Nallathanni.  The torch was then taken from the base of the mountain to Colombo by car to be handed over to the Bangladesh Olympic Committee.  (Reuters)

Torchbearer Tyler MacRae snowboards with the Vancouver 2010 Olympic flame past fans at Canada Olympic Park, site of the bobsled, luge, and ski jumping events at the 1988 Calgary Olympics, in Calgary, Alberta. (THE CANADIAN PRESS)

Torchbearer Stewart McDonough carries the Vancouver 2010 Olympic flame up a chairlift at Canada Olympic Park, site of the bobsled, luge, and ski jumping events at the 1988 Calgary Olympics, in Calgary, Alberta. (AP)

Snowboarder Tyler McRae lifts the Olympic Torch during the 2010 Winter Olympic Torch run before he snowboards at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta. Canada Olympic Park was home to some Olympic events at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics. (Reuters)

Former Olympic speedskater Susan Auch, bottom right, accepts the Olympic flame before skating around the Olympic Oval, site of the 1988 Calgary Olympic speed skating event, with the Vancouver 2010 Olympic flame in Calgary. (AP)

Canadian Olympic speed skater Susan Auch skates with the Olympic torch down the Olympic Oval in Calgary, Alberta. Auch won a bronze medal at the oval during the Calgary Olympics in 1988.  (Reuters)

Torchbearer Robyn Ainsworth, left, who lit the Olympic cauldron at the 1988 Calgary Olympics, lights a Vancouver cauldron in Calgary, Alberta. (AP)

Torchbearer Wendy Lumby carries the Olympic torch as she passes crowds on top of the cliffs at Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, Alberta, Canada. (AP)

Olympic torch bearer Doreen Ryan lights the cauldron at the end of the Edmonton leg of the Olympic torch relay in Edmonton. Ryan is the first woman to be inducted into the Edmonton Sports Hall of Fame for her accomplishments in speed skating.  (Reuters)

Former Olympian Alex Baumann waves to the crowd as he carries the Olympic flame into Sudbury, Ontario, during the 2010 Vancouver Olympics torch relay. The 106-day relay will visit more than a thousand communities in its trip across Canada's provinces and territories by the time it reaches the opening ceremony for the Vancouver Games on Feb. 12, 2010.  (AP)

Olympic snowboarder Brad Martin carries the torch past the crowd at the base of Blue Mountain, Ontario, Canada during the Olympic torch relay. (AP)

Torchbearer and Hall of Fame hockey great Gordie Howe carries the Olympic flame in LaSalle, Ontario, during the 2010 Vancouver Olympics torch relay.   (AP)

Amy MeGee, left, and Monty II McGahey hold the Vancouver 2010 Olympic torches after a ceremony to bless the torch and runners at the Chippewas On The Thames, First Nations, in Muncey, Ontario, Canada.  (AP)

Vicky Sunohara, Olympic gold medallist as a member of Canada's national women's ice hockey team, carries the Vancouver Olympic Torch for a rally at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto. (Reuters)

Olympic Torch relay runner Jack Prins,16, arrives with the flame at celebrations in Lindsay, Ontario. (Reuters)

NHL Hockey Hall of Fame member Bob Gainey carries the Olympic Torch into Morrow Park Olympic Relay celebrations in Peterborough, Ontario. (Reuters)

Retired NHL hockey player Joe Juneau runs with the Olympic Torch past the Centennial Flame during a ceremony on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. (Reuters)

Martie Wyse lights the Olympic Torch carried by former Canadian Olympian Barbara Ann Scott in the Rotunda on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. (Reuters)

Short-track speedskater Jean-Francois Monette lights the Olympic flame at Montreal's Olympic Stadium during the Olympic Torch relay in Montreal.  (AP)

A torchbearer carries the Olympic Torch in Levis. The torch is making a 106-day journey around Canada which will lead to the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. (Reuters)