Posted in: Sports  Olympic Torch Goes Out In Moscow During Relay
To Sochi  Olympic Torch Goes Out Briefly  The Olympic torch went
out in Moscow during a ceremony involving Russian President
Vladimir Putin. The flame is on a four-month relay from Greece
to Sochi, where the 2014 Winter Olympics will be held.  The
flame was lit last week in Greece and was flown to Moscow early
Sunday and kept burning in a cauldron on Red Square. However, a
small glitch allowed the flame to flicker out during a ceremony.
Torchbearer Sharvarsh Karapetyan, 60, ran through a long
passageway leading into the Kremlin, which created a wind tunnel
and allowed the Olympic torch to blow out. A man standing along
the route, who was likely part of the presidential security
service, produced a lighter to relight the flame.  Sochi
organizing committee president Dmitry Chernyshenko explained the
issue on Twitter, attributing the flame’s issues to a valve on
the torch, which wasn’t opened fully.  The torch relay will stay
in Moscow for the nex