{"id":2243,"date":"2016-05-04T18:51:29","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T18:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/indextemp.php\/?p=2243"},"modified":"2016-05-04T18:52:30","modified_gmt":"2016-05-04T18:52:30","slug":"olympic-flame-arrives-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/indextemp.php\/olympic-flame-arrives-brazil\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic flame begins its journey"},"content":{"rendered":"

Flame arrives in Brasilia…<\/h1>\n
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Maria Esther Bueno is a Bradesco Torch Ambassador and helped to launch the Torch Relay<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been watching the arrival of the Olympic flame\u00a0in Brasilia early this morning and it was absolutely fantastic!\u201d Maria Esther Bueno, a Bradesco Torch Ambassador, told her website.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was so emotional and moving to see it arrive and be carried through the cathedral and around the city. Absolutely amazing!<\/p>\n

\u201cIt arrived very early in the morning and the sky was an incredible blue. It was all televised live and everyone was watching.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Olympic Flame arrived in Brasilia escorted by two Air Force jets<\/p><\/div>\n

The Olympic flame arrived in Brazil on a special flight operated by LATAM Airlines escorted by two Air Force jets, landing in the capital Bras\u00edlia early on the morning of Wednesday 3 May, carrying the flame from the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland to its new home in Brazil.<\/p>\n

Over the course of the next 95 days, the Olympic torch will visit more than 300 towns and cities all over Brazil, before arriving in the Maracan\u00e3 stadium in Rio de Janeiro for the Opening Ceremony of the 31st Olympic Games on 5 August.<\/p>\n

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Rio 2016 President Carlos Arthur Guzman carries the Flame onto Brazilian soil.<\/p><\/div>\n

Carried down the steps from the aircraft by Rio 2016 President Carlos Arthur Nuzman, the flame then moved onto the P\u00e1lacio do Planalto, the official workplace of the President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff.<\/p>\n

“Brazil is now the country of the Games. We will remember this day and it will go down in history,” she said, before using the flame to light the Rio 2016 Olympic Torch and pass it to double Olympic volleyball champion Fabiana Claudino to start the Brazilian phase of the torch relay.<\/p>\n

The flame was lit at at\u00a0traditional ceremony in the Temple of Hera in Olympia in Greece, on 21 April, using a parabolic mirror reflecting the sun’s rays in accordance with ancient\u00a0custom.<\/p>\n

That same day, a torch relay began that took the flame all over Greece, before visiting the United Nations in Geneva and the Olympic Museum in Lausanne.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe watched that ceremony too and it was just amazing,\u201d Maria Esther continued. \u201cI am so excited to be playing a part in this!\u201d<\/p>\n