The final three torchbearers represented three generations of Paralympic athletes. Sherwani was selected as one of the torchbearers for the 2012 Summer Olympics torch relay. The torch was carried by about 3,000 torchbearers and travel approximately . The torch covered , passed through 300 communities, and was carried by 12,012 Torchbearers. The relay will include 450 torchbearers, 100 volunteers and 10 flame keepers. The torches are carried by torchbearers, who enter at the Sanctus and leave after Communion. A total of 70 torchbearers were involved in day one of the relay. The journey involved 45 torchbearers for every single leg of the relay. The torchbearers each carried the flame for 200 metres. In 2012 Chalke was chosen as one of the Olympic torchbearers for London 2012. The route covered around across the United States and involved over 3,600 torchbearers. She was one of the torchbearers in the 2008 Summer Olympics. It was handed down by six torchbearers. Franz Schubert and the violinist Joseph Mayseder were among the torchbearers. Schubert is one of the torchbearers during Beethoven's funeral.