"The torchbearers Deborah Compagnoni and Alberto Tomba light one of two Olympic cauldrons during the opening ceremony of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics at Piazza Dibona in Milan, Italy, today. The Olympic flame, carried through all 110 provinces in Italy over the past 63 days, has reached its final destinations: a pair of identical cauldrons in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo."
"The dynamic structures, made of 1,440 aluminum components that expand and contract, hold the flame enclosed in a small container in their center, where it will stay lit until the end of the Games, on February 22."
Deborah Compagnoni and Alberto Tomba lit one of two Olympic cauldrons during the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics opening ceremony at Piazza Dibona in Milan. The Olympic flame traveled through all 110 Italian provinces over 63 days before reaching final destinations: identical cauldrons in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo. Each dynamic cauldron comprises 1,440 aluminum components designed to expand and contract. The flame is held enclosed in a small central container within each structure. The flame will remain lit in both cauldrons until the Games conclude on February 22.
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