• The 1988 Winter Olympics torch relay was run from November 15, 1987, to February 13, 1988, prior to the Calgary 1988 Winter Olympics. The planning of the...
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    The Olympic torch relay is the ceremonial relaying of the Olympic flame from Olympia, Greece, to the site of an Olympic Games. It was invented by the...
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  • Amsterdam. The Olympic flame and the Olympic torch relay was first introduced to the Summer Olympics at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. The Olympic flame is...
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  • 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. 2023-07-25. Retrieved 2023-07-25. "1952 Winter Olympics Torch – Oslo". Retrieved 2013-11-07. "1956 Winter Olympics Torch...
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  • The route of the 2010 Winter Olympics torch relay carried the torch through over 1000 communities across Canada, visiting different locations from October...
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  • The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games (French: XVes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Calgary 1988 (Blackfoot:...
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    The 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay was run from March 24 until August 8, 2008, prior to the 2008 Summer Olympics, with the theme of "one world, one dream"...
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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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    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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  • Olympic Games, after the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, and the second time the country hosted the Winter...
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    organizing city of the Winter Youth Olympics. The modern tradition of moving the Olympic flame via a relay system from Greece to the Olympic venue began with...
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  • in Nanjing where a 10-day relay was held. 104 torch bearers carried the torch singularly or in pairs over 100 legs. Torch bearers were primarily focused...
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  • The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games (French: XXIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and also known as Vancouver 2010 (Squamish:...
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  • "Seoul 1988 Torch Relay". olympic.org. Retrieved 2 June 2018. "Seoul surprises Nagoya for Olympic bid". UPI. 30 September 1981. "Seoul 1988". olympic.org...
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    host cities of the Olympic Games, both summer and winter, since the modern Olympics began in 1896. Since then, summer and winter games have usually celebrated...
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    The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (French: Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions...
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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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    Yamanouchi Nozawa Onsen Karuizawa Iizuna The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVIII Olympic Winter Games (Japanese: 第18回オリンピック冬季競技大会, Hepburn:...
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    first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were held in Chamonix, France. The modern Olympic Games were inspired by the ancient Olympic Games...
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    same-sex couples. Severe cost overruns made the 2014 Winter Olympics the most expensive Olympics in history, with allegations of corruption among government...
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    Maurilio De Zolt (category Cross-country skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics)
    10 km relay team that upset Norway at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, when he was 43 years old. He also won two silver medals in the Winter Olympics...
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    The 2018 Winter Olympics (Korean: 2018년 동계 올림픽, romanized: Icheon sip-pal nyeon Donggye Ollimpik), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (French:...
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    The torch relay for the 1984 Winter Olympics started in Olympia and then proceeded by airplane to Dubrovnik. The total distance of the torch relay through...
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  • The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially the XIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Lake Placid 1980, were an international multi-sport event held from...
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    the most gold medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Winter Olympics. For the 1900 Summer Olympics several countries are credited with appearances...
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    Summer Olympics held in Berlin, gymnastics returned to the programme for women. The 1940 Winter Olympics due to be held in Sapporo, 1940 Summer Olympics due...
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    Mariya Pinigina (category Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics)
    she served as one of the torch bearers in Yakutsk for the 2014 Winter Olympics torch relay. Mariya Pinigina is married to Olympic wrestling champion Pavel...
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    Youth Olympics torch relay was run from 23 July until 14 August 2010, prior to the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics held in Singapore. The torch relay was termed...
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    1992 Summer Olympics, the climax of an opening ceremony is the arrival of the Olympic flame, as the conclusion of the torch relay: the torch is typically...
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    Eddie the Eagle (category Ski jumpers at the 1988 Winter Olympics)
    while carrying an Olympic torch. Edwards was chosen as a torchbearer in the relay for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. He ran with the torch on 7 January 2010...
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