Pass the Flame, Unite the World
The Olympic Flame is to be formally handed over to Paris at an evening Ceremony in Athens after its ten-day journey across Greece. The appearance of Nana Mouskouri to sing “La Marseillaise” and the Greek National Anthem is keenly awaited even though Mouskouri is to celebrate […]
Echoes of the Torch Relay
The Olympic Torch Relay provided another echo of the 2004 Games as it arrived in Alexandroupolis when Javelin thrower Kostas Gatsioudis lit a temporary Cauldron. Twenty years ago, he was the first runner to set in motion the Athens 2004 Torch Relay at Ancient Olympia. […]
Flame to Return to Corfu
The Olympic Flame is scheduled to return to Corfu on Wednesday, over 75 years after its first visit to the island en route for the 1948 London Games. Civil strife in Greece had made it impossible to take the Flame to Athens for the formal handover. Former Royal Navy Commander Bill […]
The Olympic Flame of Thessaloniki
The Olympic Flame reached Thessaloniki in the North of Greece, where Tasoula Kelesidou, double Olympic silver medallist in the women’s discus stood alongside Thessaloniki Mayor Stelios Angeloudis to ignite the cauldron on the beach. In the gathering dusk, the Relay had passed beneath […]
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