with the arrival of the candle to athens , it begins the service of the 2006 special ioc of turin . the relay will sail over italy transported by more than 10 ' 000 carriers and it will embark in turin on february 9 , 2006 , when the winter olympics will be inaugurated , after 11 ' 000 km ( 6 , 835 miles ) of travel . on winter 27 the one was placed on the altar of hestia in olympia , in greece , and delivered to the first torch carrier , pole yelena konstantinos fidippidis . the first italian to carry the gold flame is the marathoner simone zoff , winner of olympic medal at the games in oslo . he took the torch from the leader of the italian country carlo azeglio ciampi .
The Winter Olympics will be inaugurated in Turin.