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I had never thought that VANOC would want to do it anyway. Besides, after the Athens 2004 one, I thought having one for Beijing 2008 was not a good idea to begin with. It just didn't make sense overall.

CNN was reported to have said that it could be the very last one ever, domestic or international.

Could this torch relay be the very last one ever?

I am watching the San Fran portion of the Beijing 2008 torch relay. CNN has officially reporting that Beijing 2008 could be the LAST OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY EVER, if this current one gets uglier. Does that mean that Vancouver will not have one for 2010, if the IOC Executive Board chooses to discontinue it on its Friday's announcement from Beijing?

Now that the international portion of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games torch relay has begun, I have to admit that the Chinese did the right thing and not include Canada in its relay. That way, the headaches were prevented from the beginning. First, we have one coming up anyway. Second, the torch would have been attacked, just what I have seen at London today. Especially that, with the current Harper Conservative minority government, it made its notions clear last year with China. I do not about you guys, but I think the London part was the "most violent" protest so far in the international torch route. It makes one wonder how San Fran is going to fare, when it comes to American shores.

Well, the Canadian women's curling team won the gold medal at Vernon. Could the men do the same thing in Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA?

Everything getting twisted for every end there is. I guess there will be "baptism by fire" in my lifetime for sure. So, where did that "anti Olympic Games" torch go?

That was what I thought, savas. I think they went too far, with that "lighting." You saw the shape of their "torch", right?

:rolleyes: Here we go again. Now that Canada has recognized Kosovo independence, there are rumors in the grapevine that Quebec will want to be their own country by 2009.

Guys, did you see that "anti-Olympic Games torch" that those Tibetans lit at Olympia on your local and/or national news broadcasts? No wonder the Greek officials there looked very nervous, if that "flame" were to leave the area. You can tell that they were really pissed off, when news came out that they would do it. And, on top of that, at less than a week before the Olympic Flame ceremony is going to take place there with the priestesses.

Say, I bet some of you over there at Whistler was glad to see a set of World Cup events in alpine skiing come back there again.

Well, Calgary had the other unofficial ones at all locales that had to do with the Winter Olympics, from the Calgary Tower to the Canmore Nordic Centre.

It is so obvious that these "guys" have way too much time on their hands!

That announcement could be the watershed moment of where potentially this new Olympic idea will go in the near future.

Geez. I guess they don't realize what a bunch of (bleep) they are showing to the rest of us. Why do I get the uneasy feeling that this organization is getting these people to do these acts behind the scenes?

Any pictures of what they look like yet?

I chose Klassen. However, I would have chosen Hughes as well. Calgary is going to have quite a celebration at Canada Olympic Park for the 20th anniversary of the event.

Pretty soon, North America's only World Cup stop in cross-country skiing for this season at Canmore will be interesting because, with the likes of Beckie Scott retiring from the sport, I would like to see how the Canadian team will do there later this month.

Looks like the idea got shot down again by the IOC, due to "technical reasons." However, the fight is not over yet, according to news reports I read.

So, I heard that all the Whistler venues are done or almost done. It will be interesting on how they are compared to like ones around the world, especially in Europe. By the way, are those Whistler ones going to be permanent? For the sake of the ski-jumping venue, I hope so. It is kind of ridiculous sometimes, when the World Cup in events, like ski jumping, seems to be always stuck in Europe and Japan and nowhere else, for example.

Hmm. I thought it would be the ones the Bay has on sale already. The kind of scarf I saw there was like the ones the Canadian team wore at the Torino 2006 closing ceremony, but here it is blue instead of the red ones.

Wasn't one of the Winter Olympics medal designs had crystal in them? Just curious. However, just imagine if diamond from the NWT mines was used as one of the materials for the Vancouver 2010 medals. NWT seems to have one of the best quality of such gems in the world underneath its permafrost soil.

Like mr.x said, just continue on. Besides, I haven't been in these forums for a bit because of the Christmas rush. If I read my news right, Canada could win as many as 200 medals in various major winter sport events (World Cup, World Championships, etc.) this year. Right now, Canada is set to have its best season for its winter athletes ever. Too bad that Vancouver 2010 is still over 2 years away.

Nathalie Lambert will be Canada's chef de mission for the Vancouver 2010 Games. Link: CBC: COC Names Chef de Mission For 2010 Games

I should go to Canada Olympic Park to see the numbers mentioned here. They have a big billboard out that keeps track of that.