Olimpijska plamenica je nazadnje obiskala Slovenijo pred 22 leti na svoji poti v Sarajevo. Leta 2006 so Zimske olimpijske igre v Italiji v Torinu. 20. januarja 2006 je olimpijski ogenj krenil na pot po sosednjih državah Italije in se v kot prvi državi izven Italije ustavil v Sloveniji. Otroci Ljubljanskih osnovnih šol so plamenico pričakali pred dvorano Tivoli kjer so simbolično organizirali 'mini olimpijske igre'.
Olympic Torch visited Slovenia 22 years ago when were Winter Olympic games in Sarajevo. In the year 2006, Torino, Italy will host Winter Olympic Games and today the Olympic torch went on journey to neighbour countries of Italy - first country was Slovenia. Olympic torch came in Ljubljana on 20th January, in Tivoli (here was a World Championship in Hockey in 1966) at 13:42 and continued the journey to Austria. Children of Ljubljana primary schools welcomed the torch and symbolically organised 'mini Olympic games'.