Olympic Flame has sparked the countdown to London 2012

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The passing of the Olympic flame from one Torch-bearer to the next is called "The Kiss".
Each torch-bearer wears a uniform that is primarily white but it also features gold shards, that organisers say are "accenting the energy of the Olympic flame" at the shoulder and neckline.

Several gold shards are used at the elbow to draw attention to the arm while a final shard continues down the cuff and the hand holding the torch.
The triangular-shaped torches are made of gold-coloured aluminium and perforated with 8,000 holes.

The countdown to London 2012 has now definitely started since the Olympic flame torch relay began this morning from Land's End, in Cornwall, the western most tip of United Kingdom.   Picture above shows the moment when the first torch-bearer, the three-time Olympic sailing champion Ben Ainslie, 35, passed the flame to the second torch-bearer 18 year-old Anastassia Swallow at Land's End where thousands of people has showed up to give support along the route.  Apparently when two torches touch in the exchange, it is called the Kiss.  
While Ainsle also has the honour of being the first athlete to be formally selected for Team GB (Great Britain), he is aiming to win his fourth successive gold medal in the forthcoming contest.
On the other hand, Anastasia, from St Ives, has represented Britain four times as member of the junior British surf team and dream of becoming the first women to represent surfing and snowboarding for her country.
They are the first of 8,000 torch-bearers who will carry the Olympic Flame 8,000 miles over the next 70 days to where it will light the cauldron at the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Games.
Last night, David Beckham was the first to proudly hold the Olympic torch aloft and set light to a giant cauldron at the Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose in Cornwall to spark off the 2012 London Games. The Olympic flame had been carried onto British soil by Princess Anne after she arrived with it on a plane from Athens, Greece, along with an entourage that included Lord Sebastian Coe, the Chief of London 2012, Beckham and Boris Johnson, the just re-elected London Mayor.
According to the news agency Reuters, one of the first participants in the London Olympic relay looked set to make a quick profit after a torch and uniform went up for sale on auction website eBay within hours of the starting of the torch relay.
To keep track of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay Route, click here.