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pavlov on Oct 2, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why no one wants to host the 2022 olympics

The flame carrier can board a ship but he/she has to keep moving on the deck. That is how the ancient Greeks intended.

Igglyboo on Oct 2, 2014 [–]

I don't think the ancient Greeks could have envisioned a world where the Olympics was played thousands of miles away from Greece and included every nation on the planet.

Paradigma11 on Oct 3, 2014 | [–]

Most likely Alexander thought of it.

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