1.   Flameouts were frequent on Saturday but relay officials said that some internal tinkering with the mechanism overnight allowed a freer flow of the propylene fuel.

2.   Relay officials seemed by Sunday to have overcome the troublesome problems with the torches that plagued runners the first day.

3.   Relay officials, who usually have one torch extinguished as soon as the next is lit, this time instructed security to stay back and let the drama continue.

4.   Relay officials were touched by the reception.

5.   Torch relay officials, however, downplay the incidents.