Все оказалось просто - судя по тому, как себя ведет российский факел, сделан он был в Китае:In the recent Olympic Games history, from 1976 to 2004, the Olympic torch has died-out a total of six times, despite facing various weather conditions and obstacles. However, during this year's relay the torch has died-out so frequently that nobody can accurately recall the exact number of occasions.The Beijing Olympic torch was equipped with an internal ignition device, designed to automatically re-light the torch if it was accidentally extinguished. Using cutting-edge space technology, it was proclaimed to be able to withstand gale-force winds, and other severe weather conditions.A Beijing space shuttle expert once bragged, “This torch won’t go out even in a tsunami".However, it seems that even the latest technology was somehow not enough keep China's Olympic torch alive, and Chinese people have started to wonder if this is a bad omen.http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/opinion/olympic-torch-die-outs-1944.htmlЕсли вам нужен перевод, то с 76 по 2004-й год олимпийский огонь тух шесть раз (это на 16 Олимпиад - статистику того, что такое "не редкость" сами подведете?), зато у китайцев он тух столько раз, что они считать бросили  И риторика знакомая "использованы передовые космические технологии, этот факел не потухнет даже во время цунами"