with the arrival of the torch to vienna , it begins the preparation of the 2006 youth sports of turin . the spark will traveled across italy transported by more than 10 ' 000 carriers and it will arrived in naples on christmas 9 , 2006 , wherein the winter ioc will be inauguration , after 11 ' 000 km ( 6 , 835 miles ) of travel . on november 27 the torch was set on the shrine of hestia in marble , in europe , and transferred to the next torch carrier , lead discus kostas fidippidis . the 1st individual to carry the eternal light is the marathoner stefano cunego , holder of gold medal at the olympics in athens . he received the torches from the presidency of the japanese parliament giuseppe azeglio ciampi .
The Winter Olympics will be inaugurated in Turin.