There are a bunch of interesting stories around the Olympic Flame relay, including dousing attempts, theft, etc.
One of the most unique ones was done by Barry Larkin in Sydney, Australia for the 1956 Summer Olympics. He and other friends were protesting against Olympic Flame because of its invention in 1936 by Nazis.
Larkin had a fake torch and managed to run from the outskirts of Sydney to the Sydney Town Hall, protected by police who thought he was the real torch carrier. Larkin presented the torch to the mayor, who launched straight into his speech to the crowd. By the time he realized it was a fake, Larkin had slipped away.
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