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Rio Olympic flame to stay outside stadium

Xinhua, April 21, 2016 Adjust font size:

Different from tradition, Rio Olympic flame will shine in downtown Rio rather than at the stadium.

Rio 2016 organizers confirmed on Wednesday the flame will not stay at the Maracana stadium after the torch relay ends there on Aug. 5 to open the Games. After the Olympic opening ceremony, the cauldron will travel into the downtown area on Aug. 6.

"The cauldron will go from the Maracana to downtown," Rio spokesman Mario Andrada told The Associated Press. "But exactly where remains a secret."

The Olympic flame will be lit in Olympia, Greece on April 21. The flame will be handed over to Rio 2016 on April 27, after which it will visit the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, and the United Nations headquarters in Geneva.

The flame will arrive in Brasilia on May 3, where the 2016 torch relay will begin. Endit