Although it didn’t die by accident, the London 2012 Olympic flame had to be extinguished for security reasons on Sunday evening.By tradition, the Olympic flame must be kept burning inside its cauldron for the duration of the games, however technicians had to place it outside while they went the vessel to a fresh location inside London’s Olympic stadium, the Daily Letter reports. Before cutting the gas, torch bearer Austin Playfoot transfered the flame to an Olympic torch. Playfoot, who was a torch bearer for the games in 2012 and 1948, re-lit the flame from a cherry picker once the cauldron was went. Glance at More…
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