Winter Olympics torch unveiled in joint ceremony in Milan and Osaka

Designed by the Carlo Ratti Associati studio in Turin, the torches were presented for the first time in a theatre at Milan's Triennale art and design museum and the Italian pavilion at the World Expo in Japan. In Milan, former cross-country skiing Olympic gold winner Stefania Belmondo and Beatrice Vio, a two-time Paralympic wheelchair fencing champion, brought out the torches which are made from recycled aluminium. Paralympic champion Martina Caironi and Carolina Kostner, a figure skating bronze medallist at the 2014 Sochi Games...