Olympic flame lit in Greece
The flame will be carried from the birthplace of the Ancient Olympics to London.
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The Olympic flame
An actress as high priestess Ino Menegaki passes on the Olympic flame to Spyros Gianniotis, a 32-year-old Liverpool-born swimmer, who won a silver medal for Greece in the 5-kilometer open water event four years ago in Beijing, during the lighting of the flame ceremony on Thursday, May 10, 2012, in Ancient Olympia, Greece.
Credit: AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis
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