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Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Rio gets Olympic flame 100 days before games

[Rowing World Champion Katerina Nikolaidou of Greece lights the cauldron during the handover ceremony for the Olympic Flame at Panathinean stadium in Athens, Wednesday, April 27, 2016. The flame arrives in Brazil on May 3, and will be relayed across the vast country by about 12,000 torchbearers before the Aug. 5 opening ceremony in Rio de Janeiro's Maracana Stadium. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)]ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The Olympic flame was handed to organizers of the Rio de Janeiro Games on Wednesday, 100 days before the opening ceremony.


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