PanAm Games Flame Lit at Mexico Pyramid of the Sun Nick Butler - Insidethegames.biz
go to original May 26, 2015

Flame Lighting Ceremony (Toronto 2015 Pan Am)

Toronto 2015's Pan American Games Flame has been lit in traditional fashion in an Aztec Ceremony at the Pyramid of the Sun in Teotihuacan, Mexico, with it now being transported north ahead of its arrival in the Canadian host city on Saturday.

The Ceremony was attended by Uruguay's Pan American Sports Organization (PASO) President Julio Cesar Maglione as well as state governor Eruviel Ávila, Toronto 2015 chairman David Petterson and Mexican Olympic Committee (COM) head Carlos Padilla, along with Mexico's International Shooting Sport Federation President, Olegario Vasquez Raña.

Olegario Vázquez Raña, Julio Maglione, David Peterson and Carlos Padilla (left to right) during the Ceremony (COM)

While the Olympic Flame is traditionally lit at Ancient Olympia, the Pan American version has been lit by Aztec people in ancient temples, first at the Cerro de la Estrella in Mexico City and in more recent years at the 65-metre high Pyramid of the Sun, the third largest pyramid in the world.

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