2012 London Olympics May Have British-Only Torch Relay
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Amidst the nightmare that has followed the Olympic torch as it has toured the globe leading up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, organizers for the 2012 London games are considering having a British-only relay.
"No decision has been made," Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell said. "This is something that will be the subject of very careful consideration over the next four years. We do not have to make a decision until after the dust has settled over Beijing. Our aim is to host the best Games ever."
It would be very sad, to me, to see the relay reduced to touring the host country only. The whole spirit of the Games is to bring people together from all around the world. Part of that magic stems from having the torch globetrot its’ way to the opening ceremonies.
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2012 London Olympics May Have British-Only Torch Relay by Lucia Hrusovska « London Jumps
Apr 22, 2008 at 7:58 am
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katie
Aug 12, 2008 at 7:19 pm
hi this is katie oloughlin and katie Burgess we are sending this comment because we love netball and are very passionate about it and some day hope to go to the olympics and represent New Zealand but we cant because it is not currently an olympic sport so we think that netball should be in the olympic games this would also help the sustainabilty of the sport and the olympics we have researched alot of imformation and have found that more countries play netball than hand ball and yet hand ball is still in the olympics. please concider what we have just said and help our dreams come true.
Thank you
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