Watch the complete ceremony (scroll for video below) of the lighting of the 2016 Olympic Torch which will travel to Rio de Janeiro and will inaugurate the Summer Olympics this August.
Donald Trump carries the Olympic flame during Day 15 of the Athens 2004 Olympic Torch Relay on June 19, 2004 in New York
Muhammad Ali lights the Olympic flame at the Atlanta Summer Games on July 19, 1996
David Bekham carries the torch in London 2012.
Greek hurdler, George Marcello, takes the first leg of the Torch Relay, from the book Tokyo Olympiad 1964
The Nazis used the torch relay to advance their propaganda in 1936
Actress Nia Vardalos carries the Olympic Flame during the 2004 Athens Torch Relay on June 19, 2004 in New York City
Peter Westbrook pauses in front of the World Trade Center site with the Olympic torch before commencing his run in lower Manhattan June 19, 2004 in New York
A handicapped torchbearer carries the Olympic flame during the Olympic torch relay through the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki
Torchbearer Dimitrios Chondrokoukis, a Greek high jump athlete, lights a cauldron with the Olympic Flame atop the Athens Acropolis
The Olympic torch being punted down the River Cam during the Cambridge leg of the 2012 Summer Olympics torch relay
Sylvester Stallone carries the Olympic torch from Venice Beach in Los Angeles, after the flame arrived from Mexico ahead of the 2004 Games
Cathy Freeman ignites the Olympic flame during the opening ceremony for the Sydney Olympics in 2000
How does it travel across the seas? Specially designed torch transporter in Business Class seat
Torchbearer and tv host Ryan Seacrest carries the Olympic Flame during Day 12 of the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Torch Relay on June 16, 2004 in Los Angeles
The torch will travel through Greece before reaching Brazil on May 3. Some 12,000 people will carry the flame on its journey to the Maracana Stadium for the Opening Ceremony on August 5.
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