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They passed it to other pairs U.S. Olympians, who either ran or skated their short relay. Alpine skier Picabo Street and hockey player Cammi Granato carried it up the steps to the towering torch where they were met by Mike Eruzione, captain of the "Miracle on Ice" hockey team that won the Olympic gold medal in 1980.
The Olympic torch relay is the ceremonial relaying of the Olympic flame from Olympia, Greece, to the site of an Olympic Games. It was introduced at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin , as a way for Adolf Hitler to highlight the Nazi claim of Aryan connections of Germany to Greece. [ 1 ]
The torch relay (Italian: Il Viaggio della Fiamma Paralimpica) for the 2026 Winter Paralympics, jointly hosted by the Italian cities of Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, is planned to run from 24 February to 6 March.
The torch relay plans to showcase many of the World Heritage Sites in the country and will involve 10,001 torchbearers. [1] Applications for torchbearers are scheduled to open in February 2025. [2] On 29 November 2024, Italian comedy trio Gli Autogol were announced as official narrators for the torch relay. [4]
Torch relay may refer to: The carrying of the Olympic Torch. Any of the Olympic torch relays; Pan American Torch, a torch relay associated with the Panamerican Games; Asian Games Torch, a torch relay associated with the Asian Games; Chess Olympiad Torch Relay, a torch relay associated with the Chess Olympiad
The 2002 Winter Paralympics torch relay, known as the Journey of Fire, was held between March 1 and March 7, leading up to the 2002 Winter Paralympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Paralympic flames were lit in 15 Utah cities and merged in Salt Lake City, with the resulting fire then carried around the city to the opening ceremony on ...
The 2002 Winter Olympics torch relay was a 65-day run, from December 4, 2001, until February 8, 2002, prior to the 2002 Winter Olympics. [1] The runners carried the Olympic Flame throughout the United States – following its lighting in Olympia, Greece , to the opening ceremony of the 2002 games at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah .
0–9. 1936 Summer Olympics torch relay; 1940 Summer Olympics torch relay; 1948 Summer Olympics torch relay; 1952 Summer Olympics torch relay; 1952 Winter Olympics torch relay