In Mother Russia, Olympic torch ignites YOU!
This mishap took place in Siberia on Wednesday.
A
clip posted on YouTube by the Russian site Lifenews shows former
Olympic bobsledder Pyotr Makarchuk parading the torch through a crowd in
the city of Abakan when flames suddenly leap from the left shoulder and
upper arm of his jacket.
Escorts immediately put out the flames
and Makarchuk was not injured, said Roman Osin, spokesman for the
Russian Sochi 2014 torch relay, who witnessed the incident on Wednesday.
The flames were caused by drops of liquid gas that fell on Makarchuk's jacket, he said.
The
Winter Games in Sochi don't start until February 7th, but the torch is
on its longest pre-Olympic relay ever, a journey of 40,000 miles. The
flame has gone out dozens of times already, but this is the first public
news of a torchbearer catching fire.
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