The Olympic torch has reportedly stayed alight throughout varied extreme weather conditions in a German testing center, where the wind with speeds of up to 280 kilometers per hour, stronger than that generated in most hurricanes, had been created.
But the torch fails to stand the test of the wind in southwest England.
On the third day of the relay in Britain, the torch went out shortly after it was attached to the side of para-badminton athlete David Follett's wheelchair during his relay in Devon.

A spokeswoman for LOCOG says the fl