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Paralympics Flame Journey To Begin At English Hospital, Reason Is Special
The Paralympic movement dates back to 1948, when German neurologist Ludwig Guttmann organised sporting events for injured veterans at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, northwest of London.
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Rafael Nadal Keeps Olympic Flame Burning, Murray Back From The Brink
Rafael Nadal kept alive his dream of a third Olympic gold on Tuesday, powering into the men's doubles quarter-finals alongside teammate Carlos Alcaraz as Andy Murray once again came back from the dead
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IOC Calls For Olympic Truce As Flame Lit In Ancient Olympia For Paris 2024
The Olympic Flame that will be burning for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games started its journey after being ignited at the birthplace of the Games in Ancient Olympia, on Tuesday during a traditional lighting ceremony.
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Olympic Flame For Paris 2024 To Be Lit In Ancient Olympia
The sacred flame for the Paris 2024 Olympics is to be lit Tuesday in ancient Olympia, birthplace of the ancient Games, for an epic torch relay stretching from the Acropolis to the South Pacific.
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Activists Urge Beijing Olympics Boycott Over Human Rights Concerns
Activists today called for the postponement of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics as China prepared to receive the Olympic flame, a day after a protest disrupted the lighting ceremony in Olympia.
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Activists Unfurl Tibet Flag At Beijing Olympics Flame Ceremony
Activists unfurled a Tibetan flag and a banner that said "no genocide" at the flame-lighting ceremony for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in Greece on Monday.
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Winter Games: Beijing Flame To Be Lit In A Vacuum In Olympia
The Olympic flame will once again be lit in an empty stadium on Monday as it starts its truncated journey to Beijing for the Winter Games in February.
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Olympic Flame Lighting In Greece Without Spectators Again
The Olympic flame for the 2020 Tokyo Games was also lit in a ceremony in Ancient Olympia without spectators because of fears over coronavirus.
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Olympic Flame Arrives In Tokyo For No-Spectator Relay
Two weeks before the Tokyo Games opening ceremony, the flame was brought on stage in a lantern and handed to Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike.
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No Public For Olympic Torch Relay In Parts Of Host Tokyo
The Olympic torch relay due to begin on July 9 in Tokyo will mostly be displayed at closed ceremonies for the first eight days of its time in the Japanese capital, in line with virus countermeasures
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Tokyo Olympics: Fans Allowed To Attend Torch Relay, But No Cheering
Spectators will be allowed to watch the flame pass, but will be required to wear masks, avoid crowding and only attend segments of the torch relay near their home.
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Japan Ends Olympic Flame Display Due To Coronavirus Pandemic
The Olympic flame had been on public display in the northeastern Fukushima region since last week, but Japanese Olympic organisers decided to shelve it as coronavirus cases climb in the country.
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Olympic Flame Gets Muted Welcome In Japan As 2020 Tokyo Games Doubts Grow
Reflecting the uncertainty caused by COVID-19, the flame's arrival in Japan was a muted affair after organisers were forced to cancel plans to invite 200 schoolchildren.
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Olympic Flame Arrives In Japan Ahead Of Tokyo 2020 Games
The Olympic flame landed on a special charter flight into Matsushima Air Base in the Japanese province of Miyagi.
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Greece Hands Over Olympic Flame To Tokyo 2020
In the absence of spectators, Olympic gymnastics champion Lefteris Petrounias ran a lap with the flame and Olympic pole vault champion Katerina Stefanidi lit a cauldron inside the all-marble Panathenaic stadium, where the first modern Olympics were held in 1896.
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Paralympics Flame Journey To Begin At English Hospital, Reason Is Special
The Paralympic movement dates back to 1948, when German neurologist Ludwig Guttmann organised sporting events for injured veterans at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, northwest of London.
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Rafael Nadal Keeps Olympic Flame Burning, Murray Back From The Brink
Rafael Nadal kept alive his dream of a third Olympic gold on Tuesday, powering into the men's doubles quarter-finals alongside teammate Carlos Alcaraz as Andy Murray once again came back from the dead
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IOC Calls For Olympic Truce As Flame Lit In Ancient Olympia For Paris 2024
The Olympic Flame that will be burning for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games started its journey after being ignited at the birthplace of the Games in Ancient Olympia, on Tuesday during a traditional lighting ceremony.
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Olympic Flame For Paris 2024 To Be Lit In Ancient Olympia
The sacred flame for the Paris 2024 Olympics is to be lit Tuesday in ancient Olympia, birthplace of the ancient Games, for an epic torch relay stretching from the Acropolis to the South Pacific.
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Activists Urge Beijing Olympics Boycott Over Human Rights Concerns
Activists today called for the postponement of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics as China prepared to receive the Olympic flame, a day after a protest disrupted the lighting ceremony in Olympia.
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Activists Unfurl Tibet Flag At Beijing Olympics Flame Ceremony
Activists unfurled a Tibetan flag and a banner that said "no genocide" at the flame-lighting ceremony for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in Greece on Monday.
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Winter Games: Beijing Flame To Be Lit In A Vacuum In Olympia
The Olympic flame will once again be lit in an empty stadium on Monday as it starts its truncated journey to Beijing for the Winter Games in February.
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Olympic Flame Lighting In Greece Without Spectators Again
The Olympic flame for the 2020 Tokyo Games was also lit in a ceremony in Ancient Olympia without spectators because of fears over coronavirus.
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Olympic Flame Arrives In Tokyo For No-Spectator Relay
Two weeks before the Tokyo Games opening ceremony, the flame was brought on stage in a lantern and handed to Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike.
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No Public For Olympic Torch Relay In Parts Of Host Tokyo
The Olympic torch relay due to begin on July 9 in Tokyo will mostly be displayed at closed ceremonies for the first eight days of its time in the Japanese capital, in line with virus countermeasures
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Tokyo Olympics: Fans Allowed To Attend Torch Relay, But No Cheering
Spectators will be allowed to watch the flame pass, but will be required to wear masks, avoid crowding and only attend segments of the torch relay near their home.
-
Japan Ends Olympic Flame Display Due To Coronavirus Pandemic
The Olympic flame had been on public display in the northeastern Fukushima region since last week, but Japanese Olympic organisers decided to shelve it as coronavirus cases climb in the country.
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Olympic Flame Gets Muted Welcome In Japan As 2020 Tokyo Games Doubts Grow
Reflecting the uncertainty caused by COVID-19, the flame's arrival in Japan was a muted affair after organisers were forced to cancel plans to invite 200 schoolchildren.
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Olympic Flame Arrives In Japan Ahead Of Tokyo 2020 Games
The Olympic flame landed on a special charter flight into Matsushima Air Base in the Japanese province of Miyagi.
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Greece Hands Over Olympic Flame To Tokyo 2020
In the absence of spectators, Olympic gymnastics champion Lefteris Petrounias ran a lap with the flame and Olympic pole vault champion Katerina Stefanidi lit a cauldron inside the all-marble Panathenaic stadium, where the first modern Olympics were held in 1896.
