Torch journey starts Games countdown

The Olympic flame was handed to organizers of the Rio de Janeiro Games in Athens on Wednesday, 100 days before the opening ceremony in Brazil.

Dressed as a high priestess, actress Katerina Lehou led the brief ceremony at Panathenian Stadium, a horseshoe-shaped marble venue where the first modern Olympics was held in 1896.

Lehou, who lit the flame in Ancient Olympia last week, used a torch to light a cauldron inside the stadium.