The flame is carried to wherever the games will be held. The flame burns there until the games are finished. This year, the summer Olympic games will be held in Sydney, Australia. Many weeks ago, people started travelling with the flame. The flame will travel one thousand days across Australia, until it reaches Sydney on September 15th.
Runners light a torch with the flame, then they run about one kilometer.
They light another torch, and the next person runs with it. They keep passing the flame to the next person, until the flame comes all the way around Australia. Each town or community has selected a few people to carry the flame. Sometimes these are Olympic athletes, or former athletes. Sometimes they are famous people.