SwissO Posted September 28, 2013 Report Posted September 28, 2013 The lighting ceremony of the 2014 Sotchi Olympic Flame will take place Sunday 29th September 2013 at 11am CET in Olympia, Greece. http://www.olympic.org/olympic-torch-relay
Ikarus360 Posted September 28, 2013 Report Posted September 28, 2013 Time flies really fast. Seems like it was yesterday that we saw the Olympia ceremony when the torch started it's journey to London. Also I believe this is the first time the WOG torch relay begins so early (probably has to do with the long journey that will pass through). Here are some pics of the rehearsals. Iro Menegaki will reprise her role as the priestess.
rio2016man Posted September 29, 2013 Report Posted September 29, 2013 Alex Ovechkin for going to Greece to carry the Olympic flame for Russia
world atlas Posted September 29, 2013 Report Posted September 29, 2013 Flame lighting ceremony live stream here: http://torchrelay.sochi2014.com/en/News/2286
world atlas Posted September 29, 2013 Report Posted September 29, 2013 IOC live stream: http://www.olympic.org/olympic-torch-relay
world atlas Posted September 29, 2013 Report Posted September 29, 2013 Full set: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151674406023861.1073741833.143539188860&type=1
ofan Posted September 30, 2013 Report Posted September 30, 2013 God Ovechkin is a weird looking dude....
BTHarner Posted September 30, 2013 Report Posted September 30, 2013 Only because he's wearing that winter gear on what was an 82 degree F/28 degree C day in Olympia.
runningrings Posted September 30, 2013 Report Posted September 30, 2013 Such an awkward and cumbersome looking torch. My least favourite since Albertville, and to a lesser extent, Lillehammer. (never warmed to either of the 90s Euro winter torches) Although front on, Sochi's is the image of the Athens 2004 torch.
baron-pierreIV Posted September 30, 2013 Report Posted September 30, 2013 Indeed it is an overly wrought piece. And the uniform and outfit is ridiculous in the heat. Who thought of that? But at least they did not skip the winter tradition of doing the slight detour to great-grandpappy's stelle -- even though it was a split second.
Victor Mata Posted September 30, 2013 Report Posted September 30, 2013 Aren't winter torch relays always conducted in those full winter outfits despite the sunny weather of Olympia anyway? I like the colours. They'll look great in the white, boring, landscapes. Terrible torch design, though. Ugliest of the century.
baron-pierreIV Posted September 30, 2013 Report Posted September 30, 2013 Aren't winter torch relays always conducted in those full winter outfits despite the sunny weather of Olympia anyway? I like the colours. They'll look great in the white, boring, landscapes. Terrible torch design, though. Ugliest of the century. No, if I remember, Vancouver only had the T-shirts when there at Olympia. (Or unless I am thinking of Singapore.)
baron-pierreIV Posted October 1, 2013 Report Posted October 1, 2013 This is the earliest winter lighting -- a good 4 months, 1 week and 2 days before Opening.
breathesgelatin Posted October 1, 2013 Report Posted October 1, 2013 I guess I get why they do it, but I find the contrast of the lovely, classic Greek priestess attire with the Sochi 2014 windsuit really jarring and ugly.
world atlas Posted October 2, 2013 Report Posted October 2, 2013 If the video doesn't work here watch it on youtube: The Olympic Flame Lighting Ceremony for Sochi 2014 Winter Games
baron-pierreIV Posted October 3, 2013 Report Posted October 3, 2013 I guess I get why they do it, but I find the contrast of the lovely, classic Greek priestess attire with the Sochi 2014 windsuit really jarring and ugly. I agree. It was only slightly less odd when they held it in the colder months and the priestesses were shivering in those skimpy outfits and couldn't wait to finish the whole charade and get into their jackets. Can't find the clip right now.
illustrado Posted October 3, 2013 Report Posted October 3, 2013 i wonder what will they do the light ceremony in stock mandeville. i'm hoping for nurses in period attire and beds like a carry on film
runningrings Posted October 3, 2013 Report Posted October 3, 2013 i wonder what will they do the light ceremony in stock mandeville. i'm hoping for nurses in period attire and beds like a carry on film What does Stoke Mandeville have to do with Sochi? Doesn't the Paralympic flame begin with the host nation? EDIT - Just read that from now on all Paralympic flames begin in Stoke Mandeville. I hate to be a party pooper - but that kinda sucks. I loved how the Paralympics gets to pick a significant location with the host country to start the Paralympic torch relay.
baron-pierreIV Posted October 3, 2013 Report Posted October 3, 2013 I loved how the Paralympics gets to pick a significant location with the host country to start the Paralympic torch relay. Not every country tho has a legitimately unique starting point for the Paralympic flame. I don't know where Sydney's was? China was just at some point of the Great Wall? I mean how significant was that? (I think they chose a spot that was quite whole and very photogenic. But other than that, so what?) At least Stoke-Mandeville has some significance and mirrors the Olympic relay.
runningrings Posted October 3, 2013 Report Posted October 3, 2013 Sydney's was at Uluru - the geographic and spiritual heart of Australia. The perfect place.
baron-pierreIV Posted October 3, 2013 Report Posted October 3, 2013 Sydney's was at Uluru - the geographic and spiritual heart of Australia. The perfect place. That's perfect for a host country...but as an outsider, I say...meaning no disrespect...so what? It doesn't strike a resonant chord with me. They could've lit it on the steps of the Sydney Opera House and it would've been fine by me. I think pros and cons weigh in. And as I said, it's like meh for some choices...so better to keep it standardized at Stoke-Mandeville. It does honor the beginnings of he movement.
Olympian2004 Posted October 3, 2013 Report Posted October 3, 2013 Sydney's was at Uluru - the geographic and spiritual heart of Australia. The perfect place. That was the starting point of the Olympic torch relay on Australian soil. The Paralympic Flame, though, was lit in the nation's capital Canberra: http://www.mail-archive.com/recoznet2@paradigm4.com.au/msg04410.html
baron-pierreIV Posted October 3, 2013 Report Posted October 3, 2013 It's just bizarre where the Paralympic flames of the last few Games have been lit. 1. Lillehammer 1994 - at Sondre Horheim's cottage in Morgedal; 2. 1996 - controversy as to whether it was lit at the White House by Bill Clinton or at the Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial in either DC or in Atlanta??? 3. Nagano 1998 - don't know 4. OK, so Sydney 2000 at Canberra. 5. 2002 - across 15 cities in Utah and then they all converged at Rice-Eccles (imagine the coordination for that...) 6. Athens 2004 at the Temple of Haephastus in downtown Athens (makes sense). 7. Torino 2006 - lit at the Arch of Constantine in Rome; then transmitted by satellite to Torino 8. Beijing at some point of the Great Wall of China Of course, one could probably just write the IPC and ask them... but I know their record-keeping is not yet up to snuff as the IOC's are.
Victor Mata Posted October 3, 2013 Report Posted October 3, 2013 Just some corrections 2. Atlanta's was lit from an undying flame related to the tomb of MLK and the relay was launched from Washington 4. As some said before, it was lit at Uluru 8. At the Temple of Heaven in Beijing
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