Olympic hands over the Olympic flame to Russia ahead of Sochi 2014 the Winter Games . The torch will begin an epic journey on Monday , even going into outer space . As well as the conventional means of travel -- running It will cover 65,000 kilometers and be carried by 130 million torchbearers . Olympic hopes some 90 % of its population will in some way experience the relay .
Olympic hands over the Olympic flame to Russia ahead of Sochi 2014 the Winter Games . The torch will begin an epic journey on Monday , even going into outer space . It will cover 65,000 kilometers and be carried by 130 million torchbearers . Olympic hopes some 90 % of its population will in some way experience the relay .