Olympic Torch Hand-over Ceremony Happening Today
March 30, 2008 by Sasha Manuel
Filed under Sports Rumors
The Olympic Torch is currently staying overnight in Athens, Greece. It will leave ancient Acropolis in Athens headed towards its last destination in Greece.
The ceremony will take place at the Panathenaikon Stadium. The Olympic Torch will be ceremoniously handed over to representatives of BOCOG (The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad).
The Panathenaikon Stadium is the site of the first modern-day Olympic Games.
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Lighting of the Olympic Torch, Footage
March 26, 2008 by Sasha Manuel
Filed under Sports Rumors
I’ve managed to find an awesome footage of the lighting ceremony signaling the start of the Olympic Torch Relay. This took place in Olympia, Greece last 24 March 2008.
The footage includes portions on the High Priestess played by actress Maria Nafpliotou lighting the torch flame; releasing the dove; and handing the torch to the first Olympic Torchbearer of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad Alexandros Nikolaidis.
Originally aired over at CCTV 9.




