Sentences with phrase «torches in the relay»

For the Helsinki 1952 Summer Olympics, by comparison, there were a few dozen torches in the relay, according to O'Neil, who says one sold for approximately $ 742,000 two years ago.

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As of now, all versions of Ginga, the official cartoon jaguar of the Rio Olympics, are in good health, but an actual jaguar, named Juma, was shot by a police officer during a segment of the torch relay in Manaus after it somehow escaped and then approached the cop aggressively.

BEIJING (Reuters)- Dozens of young Chinese, angry at disruption of the Olympic torch relay in Paris, protested outside a Carrefour branch in east China on Friday, setting fire to a French flag, waving banners and shouting slogans, local media said.

Suspended For three days to honor the victims of the May 12 earthquake in China, the Olympic torch relay.

Bach added that a refugee athlete would carry the Olympic torch though the Eleonas camp in Athens relay, beginning in ancient Olympia in April, will pass from the Eleonas camp and a refugee will carry the flame.

The three - month torch relay across Brazil will end at the opening ceremony on Aug. 5 at Maracana stadium in Rio.

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So we are getting into the Olympic spirit of things and do to this we have teamed up with 2012torch.com where you can relay the Olympic torch, virtually of course, by using your Android phone or tablet and passing the torch onto friends in the hopes of getting it all the way to London.

A local Kent newspaper informed us that, The relay's visit to Kent will include the torch being rowed along the River Medway, in Maidstone and taking in Brands Hatch, the venue of the Paralympic Road Cycling competitions in September.

Starr, the former Whitewater special counsel, petitioned the court this week to review the case, in which the Juneau, Alaska, School District suspended a high school senior who unfurled a banner bearing those words during an Olympic torch relay in 2002.

The brokerage, which manages over 110 Realtors and has served Abbotsford for 20 years, sponsors the Abbotsford Minor Baseball Association and the Abbotsford Police Challenge Run; events such as Christmas in August, the November Challenge and a Christmas Light Tour, all in support of the Abbotsford Food Bank; and it offers its 25 - seat passenger bus to non-profit groups, which last year included the Olympic Torch Relay.

Thom and Marland both participated in the Torch Relay — Marland in Ottawa on Dec. 12th and Thom in Niagara Falls on Dec. 21.

Les Myers, a sales rep with Royal LePage State Realty in Hamilton, took part in the Torch Relay in Thorold, Ont.

Real estate professionals across the country have been chosen to participate in the torch relay

Several real estate professionals have taken part in the Olympic Torch Relay program in recent weeks.

In Bedford, N.S., it was a wet and windy evening when sales rep Moya Farrell of Prudential Property Specialists carried the torch for her leg of the relay.