Nightly News   |  May 10, 2012

Olympic flame lit in Greece

The flame that will burn during the London Games was lit at the birthplace of the ancient Olympics on Thursday. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.

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>> the countdown to the summer olympics in london is in its final turn now with the lighting of the torch in ancient olympia grease. 490 torchbearers will carry the flame across 18 miles before it's handed over to london organisers in athens on the 17th. the torch will reach its final destination in london during opening ceremonies july 27th .