The Hellenic Olympic Committee announced that the first Torch Bearer of the Lighting Ceremony for the Rio Olympics will be Lefteris Petrounias.
The World Champion of Gymnastics will receive the Olympic Flame from the High Priestess Katerina Lechou in Ancient Olympia on 21 April and he will pass it to the second Torch Bearer, the Brazilian former volleyball athlete, Giovanni Gavio.
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