Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic torch relay is to start on November 1st, 2017

The traditional Olympic torch relay is to start on November 1^st, 2017, exactly 100 days before the 2018 Pyeongchang  Olympic Games Opening Ceremony. Seven and a half thousand   torchbearers will carry a lit torch across the Greek Olympia, through 17 cities and provinces of South Korea.  Olympic   torch relay distance will be 2018 kilometers.

The torch is 700 millimeters tall, a number that represents the altitude of host city PyeongChang, which is 700 meters above sea level. The torch is made in white and gold colors, basic for the Games-2018. The shape of the five-pronged flame is  similar to   the symbol of PyeongChang.

The torch is designed in such a way that the flame does not go out, whatever the weather conditions, including in strong wind and snow.

The torchbearers’ uniform is a mixture of the Olympic Rings’ colors  and white, which is basic color of the 2018 Olympic Games.

The Olympic Games in Pyeongchang will be held from 9 to 26 February, 2018.