Elk City is located in northeastern Beckham County at 35Â°24â²10â³N 99Â°25â²26â³Wï»¿ / ï»¿35.40278Â°N 99.42389Â°Wï»¿ / 35.40278; -99.42389 (35.402694, -99.423812), elevation 1,928 feet (588 m).
The Olympic Flame or Olympic Torch is a symbol of the Olympic Games. Commemorating the theft of fire from the Greek god Zeus by Prometheus, its origins lie in ancient Greece, â¦ where a fire was kept burning throughout the celebration of the ancient Olympics.
In contrast to the Olympic flame proper, the torch relay of modern times, which transports the flame from Greece to the various designated sites of the games, had no ancient precedent and was introduced by Carl Diem at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. The 2012 Summer Olympics flame in London was carried by Sir Steve Redgrave to a group of young British athletes. 2  The group of seven, nominated by British Olympic champions, each lit a single tiny flame on the ground, igniting 204 petals, one for each competing nation or territory during the Parade of Nations.