2000 Summer Olympics torch relay was the transferral of the Olympic Flame to Sydney, Australia, that built up to the 2000 Summer Olympics. The torch tavelled...
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The 2004 Summer Olympics Torch Relay took the Olympic Flame across every habitable continent, returning to Athens, Greece. Every city which had hosted...
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Committee now restricts international relays due to the protests during the 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, in which the relay was met with protests at several...
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The 1984 Summer Olympics torch relay was run from May 8 until July 28, prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. It was commonly referred to as...
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in Amsterdam. The Olympic flame and the Olympic torch relay was first introduced to the Summer Olympics at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin by Carl...
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of the seventy-metre waterfall'. On 10 May 2000 in Olympia, Greece, the 2000 Summer Olympics torch relay was commenced with a flame which would be carried...
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The 2002 Winter Olympics torch relay was a 65-day run, from December 4, 2001, until February 8, 2002, prior to the 2002 Winter Olympics. The runners carried...
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Tunnel, thus beginning the torch relay. The torch was split into 12 parts and visited 12 different cities across France. The relay ended with the lighting...
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2013-10-30. Retrieved 2013-11-07. "1952 Summer Olympics Torch – Tokyo". Retrieved 2013-11-08. "Olympic-museum 1968 torch". Archived from the original on 2012-07-27...
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Youth Olympic Games host city held in an IOC Session. The elections for the host cities of the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics and 2012 Winter Youth Olympics were...
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Olympics torch relay was run from November 15, 1987, to February 13, 1988, prior to the Calgary 1988 Winter Olympics. The planning of the Torch Relay...
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(the first Winter Olympics), as well as the sixth Olympic Games hosted by France (three Summer Olympics and three Winter Olympics) and the first with...
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Giuseppe Cassioli, was used from the 1928 Summer Olympics to the 2000 Summer Olympics. For each Summer Olympics afterward, the reverse side, as well as...
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2000 Summer Olympics had met the specific conditions to host the Paralympic Games. It was not mandatory that candidate cities host both the Olympic and...
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the Olympic flame from Olympia, Greece, the birthplace of the Ancient Olympic Games, to the host city of the modern Olympic Games via a torch relay was...
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Western Australia was delivered. In 2000, Marlene Matthews participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics torch relay. Although primarily operating Parramatta...
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The 2008 Summer Olympics cauldron is the Olympic flame holder that was used during the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing...
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host city. The 2008 Olympics were watched by 3.5 billion people worldwide, and featured the longest distance for an Olympic Torch relay. The 2008 Games also...
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2012. The Olympics torch relay ran from 19 May to 27 July 2012, before the Games. Plans for the relay were developed in 2010–11, with the torch-bearer selection...
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Australia. Leading up to the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Nicky Doll and two other drag queens participated in the torch relay, and Nymphia Wind performed...
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The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium...
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against the Olympic flame torch relay. One reason for the protest was that the torch relay was invented by the Nazis for the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin...
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The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were a summer multi-sport event held in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
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The opening ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on the evening of Friday, 15 September 2000 in Stadium Australia, Sydney, during which the...
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was the introduction of the Olympic torch relay between Greece and the host nation. The 1936 Summer Olympics torch relay was the first of its kind, following...
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Warren Richards (category Judoka at the 1976 Summer Olympics)
former Olympian, Richards applied to be a torchbearer in the 2000 Summer Olympics torch relay. His invitation was withdrawn when the organising committee...
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Gregory McDermott (category Equestrians at the 1988 Summer Olympics)
between 1994 and 1998. McDermott carried the Olympic torch in Wagga Wagga during the 2000 Summer Olympics torch relay. "McDermott, Greg". The Horse Magazine...
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opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics was held on August 13, 2004 starting at 20:45 EEST (UTC+3) at the Olympic Stadium in Marousi, Greece, a...
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Paralympic symbols (section Flame and torch relay)
Official Website. 28 February 2000. Archived from the original on 11 December 2004. Retrieved 2 May 2023. "2010 Paralympic Torch Relay: Daily Highlights" Archived...
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hosted the Summer Olympics have been Australia (1956, 2000, and upcoming 2032) and Brazil (2016), with Africa having yet to host any Summer Olympics. Stockholm...
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