Hi friends, Do these two sentences pretty much mean the same thing? To me, if you say " you shoot something over something" I would think "it flies over the top of it and doesn't fly into it".

1. Have you ever watched the opening ceremony of the olympics games from barcelona 1992? Which is so amazing, they lit the olympics cauldron by shooting a flaming arrow over it.
2. Have you ever watched the opening ceremony of the olympics games from barcelona 1992? Which is so amazing, they lit the olympics cauldron by shooting a flaming arrow into it.

Question

Hi friends, Do these two sentences pretty much mean the same thing? To me, if you say " you shoot something over something" I would think "it flies over the top of it and doesn't fly into it".

1. Have you ever watched the opening ceremony of the olympics games from barcelona 1992? Which is so amazing, they lit the olympics cauldron by shooting a flaming arrow over it. 
2. Have you ever watched the opening ceremony of the olympics games from barcelona 1992? Which is so amazing, they lit the olympics cauldron by shooting a flaming arrow into it.

Answer

I agree, shooting over suggests it doesn't go in. However, if gas was rising then maybe a flaming arrow would set it on fire.

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Wikipedia:

"The Olympic flame cauldron was lit by a flaming arrow, shot by Paralympic archer Antonio Rebollo. 
The arrow had been lit by the flame of the Olympic Torch. 
Rebollo overshot the cauldron as this was the original design of the lighting scheme."

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