Sunday marks the first anniversary of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.
One of the highlights happened before the Olympic cauldron was even lit.
For 106 days, Olympic torch zigzagged across Canada igniting national pride – and for some of those lucky enough to carry the torch, it was an experience they will never forget.
"It's once in a lifetime," says Chelsea Davison. "It's just for the Olympics that it's lit and it's gone."
For a 300-metre stretch in Calgary, Davison was the keeper of the sacred Olympic flame.
"It was like, ‘I am the only person in the world at this time carrying the Olympic flame,'" she says. "It really has a lot of meaning and importance."
Davison's husband ran alongside videotaping her special moment, while her family held her two-year-old son and watched as she carried the torch.
Jeannie Phillips also had the special honour of carrying the torch. Her route started early in the morning on January 23 in Elkford, B.C.
"Sirens and things were going off and of course there were fireworks at 6:30 in the morning. So this town was absolutely on board with this whole thing and it was just amazing," she says.
A year later, as she goes through her box of Olympic keepsakes, the memories are flooding back.
"It was a profound moment, something that will never go away that I can tell my grandchildren about and they can tell their grandchildren about."
CTV's Darrel Janz was also an Olympic torchbearer, carrying the flame in Lethbridge on January 17.
Right after the run several torchbearers put their torches up for sale on online auctions. There are still a few listed on eBay with prices ranging from $1,000 to $2,000.
