Olympic torch bearer Stefania Belmondo lights the Olympic flame during the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. (Andrew Vaughan / Associated Press)
Nikolaos Kaklamanakis, a 1996 gold medalist in windsurfing, bounds upward to light the Olympic torch signifying the opening of the 28th Olympiad in Athens, Greece. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
Members of the 1980 gold medal U.S. Hockey Team light the torch at the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games at the Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Doug Pensinger / Getty Images)
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Cathy Freeman, an Aboriginal athlete chosen to light the Olympic flame for Australia, holds the torch during the Opening Ceremony in Sydney. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
Olympic figure skater Midori Ito lights the cauldron for the Opening Ceremony of the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. (Lutz Bongarts / Getty Images)