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Olympic flame receives rousing welcome in Greece |
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Escrito por COI
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Miércoles, 16 de Mayo de 2012 01:00 |
The Olympic flame, which was lit in a traditional ceremony in Ancient Olympia last week, has been welcomed by jubilant scenes across Greece as thousands of fans up and down the country have lined the streets to cheer on the torchbearers.
The eight-day Greek leg of the relay reached its half-way point on Sunday, travelling from the western city of Ioannina to Thessaloniki in the north. The flame received a particularly rousing welcome in the city of Veria, with the involvement of a local children’s choir which sang the Olympic Anthem and the Greek National Anthem.
On Thursday 17 May, the flame will be in Athens, where it will be handed over to the London 2012 Organising Committee in a ceremony held in the Panathenaic stadium. The flame will then be flown to Great Britain, where the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay will start its journey around the host nation on 19 May.
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Nuzman experiences “historic feeling and inspiration for 2016 Games” carrying the London Games Olympic Torch |
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Escrito por Rio2016
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Martes, 15 de Mayo de 2012 01:01 |
It took only ten minutes and three torch bearers for the newly-lit flame of London 2012 Olympic Games to be delivered to a Brazilian official. The President of the Rio 2016™ Olympic and Paralympic Organising Committee and Brazilian Olympic Committee (BOC), Carlos Arthur Nuzman, was the fourth person to carry the flame today 10 May, in the Greek city of Olympia, the site of the ancient Olympic Games. |
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Passion and strategic vision: Patrick Baumann’s ideas |
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Escrito por Rio2016
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Sábado, 12 de Mayo de 2012 01:00 |
Secretary General of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), Patrick Baumann, has held nearly all positions inside and outside a court. He has been a Basketball player and a referee in Italy; a supervisor and a referee trainer in Switzerland, his home country; he has completed a Basketball coaching course, coached a youth team, organised tournaments and ran youth Basketball clinics before being offered a position at the FIBA headquarters in Germany in April 1994. |
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Basketball at the Paralympic Games: giants in wheelchairs |
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Escrito por Rio2016
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Sábado, 12 de Mayo de 2012 01:00 |
The court is the same size, the basket is at the same height and diameter, and the ball is also the same. The sweating uniforms, the free throw and the three point shot are identical. The victory will be there when the stopwatch stops. But there is something that does not exist in the Olympic Games: the duel in wheelchairs. |
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Nuzman experiences “historic feeling and inspiration for 2016 Games” carrying the London Games Olympic Torch |
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Escrito por Rio2016
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Sábado, 12 de Mayo de 2012 01:00 |
It took only ten minutes and three torch bearers for the newly-lit flame of London 2012 Olympic Games to be delivered to a Brazilian official. The President of the Rio 2016™ Olympic and Paralympic Organising Committee and Brazilian Olympic Committee (BOC), Carlos Arthur Nuzman, was the fourth person to carry the flame today 10 May, in the Greek city of Olympia, the site of the ancient Olympic Games. |
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