From Outdoorlife.com: Byron Ferguson shoots the flame out on a candle.

Added: March 23, 2008
The Olympic torch for the Games will be lit using a mirror to focus the sun’s rays in Olympia on Monday, according to BOCOG.

Greek mythology says the Sun God Apollo lit the Olympic flame to bring brightness and warmth to humanity. The flame will be handed over to BOCOG at 3 p.m. on March 30 at the Panathenian Stadium in Athens, the city where the first modern Olympics Games was held in 1896. After a reception in Beijing on March 31, the Olympic flame will begin its global tour of 135 cities on April 1.

The relay will cover 137,000 km in 130 days before the flame finally arrives at the National Stadium in Beijing on Aug 8, 2008 for the opening ceremony. The highlight of the torch relay, involving a total of 21,780 torchbearers, will be an attempt to take the Olympic flame to the summit of Mount Qomolangma, or Mount Everest as known in the west, in May.

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An interesting article about sports injury to the eyes.

I used to do horseback jumping, and one of the biggest issues for me was to “center” the horse to a jump. Eyes play an important role in all sports far beyond just being able to see.

It is estimated that sports-related eye injuries account for more than 100,000 physician visits per year in the United States, at a cost of more than $175 million. Or, to put it another way, these recreation-related eye injuries represent around 10 percent of the total eye injuries occurring each year, according to Prevent Blindness America. Read the whole article here