The famous ceremony for the winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea was conducted at the Temple of Hera in Olympia, Greece, the sanctuary where the Olympic Games were born in 776 BC.
Second torchbearer for Pyeongchang 2018, former South Korean international footballer Park Ji-Sung (R) passes the relay of the Olympic flame near the Temple of Hera in Olympia following the lighting ceremony of the Olympic flame for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
(Photograph:AFP)