7500 torchbearers will carry the fire one hundred days throughout Korea

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Was held in Athens handover ceremony of the Olympic flame to the organizing Committee Pyeongchang 2018.

The celebration was held at the marble stadium where the first modern Olympic games in 1896.

Now the fire will be brought to South Korea, where for 100 days will pass the Olympic baton with a length of 8.5 thousand kilometers. 7.5 thousand torchbearers will carry the fire on the nine South Korean provinces and eight large cities. And on February 9 it will deliver to the Olympic stadium.

Yesterday the organizers of the Games-2018 presented the design of the tickets for the Olympic competition.

On the front side of the ticket shows the icon for each sport, with the opposite side – snowflakes consisting of letters of the Korean alphabet.

Alas, in Pyeongchang until not too good things with the sales of the Olympic passes. Sold only 341 327 of tickets out of a possible 1.07 billion, accounting for only 31.9 percent.

Earlier we wrote that the Korean Federation of banks will buy some tickets to winter Games-2018 in the amount of 878 thousand dollars. What she would do with them is not reported.

Winter Olympics 2018 will be held from 9 to 25 February.