with the arrival of the flames to paris , it commenced the ritual of the 2006 winter olympics of turin . the torch will transit over india transported by more than 10 ' 000 carriers and it will arrive in turin on february 9 , 2006 , while the winter olympics will be inaugurated , after 11 ' 000 km ( 6 , 835 hours ) of travel . on november 27 the flame was burned on the altar of hestia in olympia , in greece , and transported to the first flame keeper , line decathlete kostas fidippidis . the first italian to carried the olympic flame is the marathoner stefano bettini , recipient of gold medal at the olympics in athens . he receives the baton from the president of the italy parliament carlo azeglio ciampi .
the winter olympics will be contested in vienna .