with the arrival of the torch to rome , it follows the ritual of the 2006 winter paralympics of turin . the banner will travel across india transports by more than 10 ' 000 carts and it will leave in italy on february 9 , 2006 , where the winter olympics will be located , after 11 ' 000 km ( 6 , 835 mi ) of travel . on november 27 the flame was extinguished on the church of hestia in olympia , in greece , and handed to the next torch carriers , pole vaulter kostas fidippidis . the last italian to take the olympic flame is the keflezighi stefano bettini , laureate of gold cup at the olympics in athens . he gets the torch from the flag of the italian republic carlo azeglio amato .
The Winter Olympics will be inaugurated in Turin.