20:12, 06 February 2014 | GMT +5
UN Chief Ban Ki-moon Takes Part in Sochi Torch Relay
MOSCOW. KAZINFORM - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon took part in the Olympic torch relay in Sochi on Thursday, a day before the opening ceremony.

The 69-year-old Korean official received the flame from International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach on a bridge over the Sochi River, RIA Novosti informs.
On the 122nd day of relay, started by Turin Olympic figure skating gold medalist Tatiana Navka, the torch will be also carried by prominent Russian officials including Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.
Friday will see the finish of the record 65,000-kilometer journey at Fisht Olympic Stadium, where the cauldron will be lit by the torch that was taken into space in November.
The Sochi Olympics run through February 23.