2010 Winter Olympics Tracker » Greece http://www.2010tracker.com Vancouver 2010 Olympics News, Updates, and Opinion Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:02:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Olympic Torch Relay Officially Begins on October 22nd, 2009 http://www.2010tracker.com/2009/09/16/olympic-torch-relay-officially-begins-on-october-22nd-2009/ http://www.2010tracker.com/2009/09/16/olympic-torch-relay-officially-begins-on-october-22nd-2009/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:35:25 +0000 2010tracker http://www.2010tracker.com/?p=164 The Olympic Flame will be lit by the power of the sun’s rays on October 22 during a time-honoured ceremony almost 10,000 kilometres away in Olympia, site of the first Olympic Games in ancient Greece. Officials will present the flame to VANOC a week later in Athens’ Panathinaiko Stadium after a brief relay through Greece.

Sheltered in a security lantern, similar to a miner’s lantern, the Olympic Flame will embark on a trans-Atlantic flight to Canada on board a Canadian Armed Forces’ aircraft. Less than 24 hours later, it will arrive in Victoria, BC, where it is anticipated thousands will cheer on the starting point of the relay and enjoy the first community celebration.

After revisiting our previous post on how to carry the torch, RBC’s page is down and you have to go through 8 pages of Coke ads to find out their contest is over too:( From sources there are still a number of spots yet to be assigned but connections will be the key to land this coveted opportunity.

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