TeamBlakeUSA Posted April 11, 2016 Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 10 Days Left 'Til The Torch Relay Will Begin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bezzi Posted April 12, 2016 Report Share Posted April 12, 2016 I just received a confidential e-mail. I will work in the relay (health care) during Rio Bonito-Niterói stretch. I can't wait to see the torch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamBlakeUSA Posted April 13, 2016 Report Share Posted April 13, 2016 Their Is An Image I Found On Facebook For The Paralympic Torch Relay, The Image Is With Tom The Paralympic Mascot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted April 14, 2016 Report Share Posted April 14, 2016 Their Is An Image I Found On Facebook For The Paralympic Torch Relay, The Image Is With Tom The Paralympic Mascot. Why do you EVEN post??????????????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Rols Posted April 14, 2016 Report Share Posted April 14, 2016 Their Is An Image I Found On Facebook For The Paralympic Torch Relay, The Image Is With Tom The Paralympic Mascot. Are you going to at least post the link, or are you just interested in boosting your post count? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamBlakeUSA Posted April 14, 2016 Report Share Posted April 14, 2016 These Questions Are Making Me Confused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Rols Posted April 14, 2016 Report Share Posted April 14, 2016 (edited) Obviously Edited April 14, 2016 by Sir Rols 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted April 19, 2016 Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 Rio 2016 Retweeted Ηellenic Olympic @HellenicOlympic Τwo days before the Lighting Ceremony. Photo from today's rehearsal! @Rio2016_en @Olympics #roadtorio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conor15 Posted April 19, 2016 Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 Obviously Yeah, Blake is so stupid. He can't even use the internet properly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikarus360 Posted April 19, 2016 Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 With all the crap going on in Brazil i'm just hoping this torch relay doesn't becomes a Beijing 2008 2.0. Also, feels like it was yesterday when the torch relay of London 2012 began. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemo Posted April 20, 2016 Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 With all the crap going on in Brazil i'm just hoping this torch relay doesn't becomes a Beijing 2008 2.0. Also, feels like it was yesterday when the torch relay of London 2012 began. I was just thinking that very same thing. I can't believe that the London games were 4 years ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamBlakeUSA Posted April 20, 2016 Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 1 Day Left For Torch Relay Rio 2016. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Rols Posted April 20, 2016 Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattygs Posted April 20, 2016 Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 I can't keep up with all the shite on here, but has the community/celebration cauldron been revealed yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted April 20, 2016 Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 Rio Olympic flame will live downtown _ not in a stadiumRIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Olympic flame will have an unusual home for the Rio de Janeiro Games. The flame will burn somewhere in downtown Rio during the games, and not in a stadium as has been traditional at the Summer Olympics. The cauldron will be lit at the Maracana Stadium during the opening ceremony on Aug. 5, and will spend the night there before traveling to a permanent home. "The cauldron will go from the Maracana to downtown," Rio spokesman Mario Andrada told The Associated Press on Wednesday. "But exactly where remains a secret." Unlike recent Olympics, Rio will have two stadiums: the Maracana for the opening and closing ceremonies and soccer, and the Olympic Stadium across town, which will be used for track and field. "We had our share of thoughts before coming to this," Andrada said. "It's impossible to have two cauldrons, and it's impossible to have the same cauldron in two places." Downtown Rio is not typically visited by tourists, who usually flock to the Copacabana and Ipanema beaches in the southern part of the city. Downtown is also remote from the Olympic Park in the western suburb of Barra da Tijuca. The mystery surrounding the cauldron is one of several regarding the flame, which arrives in the capital Brasilia on May 3. The flame will be lit at a traditional ceremony in Greece on Thursday. Some of the confusion centers on Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, who will skip Thursday's ceremony in Ancient Olympia. Brazil will be represented in Greece by Sports Minister Ricardo Leyser, and Marcelo Pedroso, the head of the Olympic Public Authority. Rousseff is fighting impeachment and could be suspended from office in the next few weeks if the Brazilian senate votes to hear the charges against her. Plans call for Carlos Nuzman, the head of the Rio organizing committee, to get off the plane early on May 3 and be greeted at the airport by celebrating athletes. The flame then goes to the Planalto presidential palace. Even if Rousseff is still in office, it's unclear if she will light the first torch for the three-month-long torch relay around the country of 200 million. A spokesman for the president's office told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the plans for the ceremony were not set. If Rousseff is suspended by May 3, Vice President Michel Temer would take over, putting him in the Olympic picture. He would also be set to preside over the opening ceremony with Rousseff sidelined. IOC President Thomas Bach and local organizers hope the flame's arrival will generate enthusiasm for South America's first games, which have been touched by political corruption scandals, a deep recession and the Zika virus. Local organizers have also trimmed about $500 million in spending on the games, cutting 20,000 volunteers, food services and transportation. Ticket sales have also been slow and a few venues are behind schedule. AP http://bigstory.ap.org/article/3ad49bdfc78c4c8d8987cd92dc1a2455/rio-olympic-flame-will-live-downtown-not-stadium Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phandrosis Posted April 20, 2016 Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 Here's a couple tastes from the rehearsal this morning. Don't forget the ceremony begins at 5:00 AM EST (or noon over in Olympia). http://www.hoc.gr/en/node/1654 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian2004 Posted April 21, 2016 Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 "It's impossible to have two cauldrons"? Well, ask Vancouver - they even had up to three (during the closing ceremonies: the one within BC Place, the one in downtown Vancouver and the one in Whistler). Moving it to a non-competition site is really a premiere in Summer Olympic history, and the TV broadcasts and photos from the track and field competition will look somewhat empty without a flame burning in front of, behind or above the athletes. This is a disappointing choice in my view. And I ask myself whether they will move the cauldron back to Maracana for the closing ceremony or whether the flame won't even be part of that ceremony, which would be yet another disappointment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMarkSnow2012 Posted April 21, 2016 Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 Here's a couple tastes from the rehearsal this morning. Don't forget the ceremony begins at 5:00 AM EST (or noon over in Olympia). http://www.hoc.gr/en/node/1654 I hope that torch has been used for A LOT of rehearsals- it looks really grubby at the top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martijn Posted April 21, 2016 Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted April 21, 2016 Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 Rio 2016 Verified account @Rio2016_en The Lighting Ceremony is underway and the Olympic Flame is now being lit! #OlympicTorch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martijn Posted April 21, 2016 Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 The start of the torch relay: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Tickle Posted April 21, 2016 Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 Great to see the lighting. London really does just feel like yesterday. Have Rio just nicked Londons outfits and re-coloured them? That torch gets pretty mucky quite quickly and we didn't see the mechanism work, it was already activated : ( 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOtherRob Posted April 21, 2016 Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 This is where it started to feel very real four years ago. No doubt Brazilians will start getting the same feeling soon when the torch lands over there. Best of luck! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phandrosis Posted April 21, 2016 Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 I think the part on the top that actually holds the flame is different from the golden recessed thing we saw before. In other close ups I saw on Twitter the torch appears to have this gray convex material instead. Also I feel like we should have expected the top of the torch to get all grody since it's essentially white plastic being hit with an orange flame constantly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorchbearerSydney Posted April 21, 2016 Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 Did they get a sunny day, or did they use the back up lit a few days ago? I think the Sydney flame I carried was one 'done earlier' due to cloudy skies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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