baron-pierreIV Posted October 27, 2009 Report Share Posted October 27, 2009 (edited) All this adulation for what is basically a pagan ritual (AND Nazi innovation) is highly questionable. I mean a flame is a flame is a flame. I've seen 5 of them; you see them for a minute or so...then they're gone. The whole activity is JUST overrated. I mean in medieval times, you had whole villages running with torches in hand to raze the castle around the corner or burn the latest witch, so... Edited October 27, 2009 by baron-pierreIV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruling Czar Posted October 27, 2009 Report Share Posted October 27, 2009 Well, it certainly appers that vancouver has the smuttiest olympic relay in recent memory. How disappointing! It also appears that some of the torch bearers are confused as to how it should be held. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christos Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 5th and 6th (half) day of the relay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christos Posted October 29, 2009 Report Share Posted October 29, 2009 6th and 7th day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torchbearer AA Posted October 29, 2009 Report Share Posted October 29, 2009 Live now the Olympic flame handover in the Panathinaikos stadium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.x Posted October 29, 2009 Report Share Posted October 29, 2009 It's ours. And we await for its arrival on our soil, tomorrow at 11 am in Victoria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christos Posted October 29, 2009 Report Share Posted October 29, 2009 My last videos from the handover ceremony at Panathinaiko Stadium of Athens. Best wishes to Vancouver for the XXI Olympic Winter Games! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympian Posted October 29, 2009 Report Share Posted October 29, 2009 here it is Canada. the flame's journey home is starting. its really happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmaniS Posted October 29, 2009 Report Share Posted October 29, 2009 Thanks for the posts christos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torchbearer AA Posted October 29, 2009 Report Share Posted October 29, 2009 It's ours. And we await for its arrival on our soil, tomorrow at 11 am in Victoria. 11 am? At the Vancouver's website they say the flame is going to touchdown 7:15 am? 7:15 landing of th airplane with the flame and 11 am start of the torch relay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicMann Posted October 29, 2009 Report Share Posted October 29, 2009 Missed this topic earlier... oops! Anyhow, longest domestic torch relay ever! Reuters brings the news firsthand! Olympic flame heads to Vancouver: http://www.1cast.com/l/21851 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobase2010 Posted October 29, 2009 Report Share Posted October 29, 2009 Thank you so much for the videos. My last videos from the handover ceremony at Panathinaiko Stadium of Athens. Best wishes to Vancouver for the XXI Olympic Winter Games! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jawnbc Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 Kalispera Christos! My last videos from the handover ceremony at Panathinaiko Stadium of Athens. Best wishes to Vancouver for the XXI Olympic Winter Games! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christos Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 Thank you so much for the videos. You're welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympian Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 thanks christos. is this the most covered winter relay in greece? seems to look like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christos Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 Yes it was. The ceremony in Olympia was official this time and the torch relay across Greece was equal as in summer Games. In every stop it was played the olympic, canadian and greek anthem and also officials from Canada were present in most of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torchbearer AA Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 Where online and when can we see the start of the domestic Canadian Torch Relay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drowninginair Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 Where online and when can we see the start of the domestic Canadian Torch Relay? CTVOlympics.ca The Vancouver Sun is reporting that the arrival has been pushed back 30 mins to 11:30 ET, as the plane was late leaving Greece on account of weather... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torchbearer AA Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 CTVOlympics.caThe Vancouver Sun is reporting that the arrival has been pushed back 30 mins to 11:30 ET, as the plane was late leaving Greece on account of weather... Thanks for the information. Will there also be an official Torch relay song this time? Maybe they will perform it at the start of the torch relay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torchbearer AA Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 VICTORIA - The torch for the 2010 Winter Olympics is due to arrive in Victoria Friday morning and thousands of people, including a host of dignitaries, are expected at the B.C. legislature to welcome it to Canada. The arrival of the plane carrying the flame has been delayed over an hour to approximately 8:30 am PST. As a result, the ceremony at the airport is not expected to start until 8:50 pm. The Olympic flame has its own row of seats on the Canadian military plane that's carrying it from Athens. The precious fire is encased in a miner's lantern and will transfer to a cauldron before it begins the longest torch-relay in Canadian history. There are actually four flames and six lanterns aboard the flight - the logistics of the coming 106 day relay mean organizers must have several lanterns to ensure one is always ready to go. They were all lit from the flame that was ignited in Olympia, Greece on Oct. 22 and they all boarded the flight to Victoria with a champagne toast from the head of the Vancouver Games. John Furlong also led the 80 or so people accompanying the flame in a rendition of O Canada. By the time the Olympic flame arrives in Vancouver on February 12th, it will have been carried 45-thousand kilometres, to more than one-thousand Canadian communities, by more than 12-thousand people. The convoy is now scheduled to leave Victoria airport for the ceremonies at the legislature at 9:12 PST. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.x Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 The lanterns on the plane here: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.x Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 We're about half-way through the broadcast, but you can still join in: http://watch.ctv.ca/news/#clip229666 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.x Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 They have Ben Mulroney on right now....WHY?!!!!! YOU BUTCHERS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jawnbc Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 Malfunction! Malfunction! Based on what they've said, it's Catriona LeMay-Doan, Simon Whitfield and one of the Rowers. Kathleen Heddle maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citius Altius Fortius Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 The lanterns on the plane here: the olympic flames fly ECO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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