Headlines AfricaNov 27
Africa: IOC Chief Coventry in Tears As 2026 Winter Games Torch Relay Sets Off: [Namibian] New International Olympic Committee chief Kirsty Coventry fought back tears on Wednesday as she urged nations to come together in the 2026 Winter Games, as the torch relay set off from ancient Olympia in Greece. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TPV412 #OlympicGames #KirstyCoventry #2026WinterGames #TorchRelay #SportsUnity
The Japan TimesJul 14, 2024
Ibaraki Prefecture resident Mai Tarumi is paying to be unpaid this summer: She’s volunteering at the Paris Olympics. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2024/07/14/paris-olympic-volunteer/ #olympics #2024parisolympics #2020tokyoolympics #volunteers #torchrelay #ioc
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics

While news sites have suggested that being a volunteer is a way to attend the Games for “free,” that doesn’t apply to international volunteers like Mai Tarumi.

The Japan Times
Dope Old PersonJul 13, 2024

Twitter says #Jin is running 200m which will take 30 seconds #Olympics2024 #TorchRelay

Which is about how things were here in 2012!

The Japan TimesApr 15, 2024
Nearly 100 days before the 2024 Paris Games open, the Olympic flame will be lit in ancient Olympia on Tuesday for a torch relay stretching from the Acropolis to French Polynesia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2024/04/15/torch-relay-greece-paris/ #olympics #olympicflame #torchrelay #2024parisolympics
Paris' Olympic flame to be lit in Greece

Spectators will be able to attend the torch relay events for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Japan Times
The Japan TimesMay 31, 2023
Paris Olympics torch relay will involve 10,000 runners https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2023/05/31/olympics/summer-olympics/paris-2024-torch-relay/?utm_content=buffer04e37&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #sports #olympics #torchrelay #2024parisolympics
Paris Olympics torch relay will involve 10,000 runners

There will be 10,000 torchbearers to carry the Olympic flame as it passes through some 60 French departments ahead of the 2024 Games, Paris Olympic organiz

The Japan Times
Wa!idMar 25, 2021

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The #OlympicFlame kept burning quietly but powerfully, even as the world faced difficult times over the past year. It will embark on a 121-day journey & will carry the hopes of the Japanese people & wishes for
peace from people around the world. - #Tokyo2020 #TorchRelay

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Christian Klaue on Twitter

“The #OlympicFlame kept burning quietly but powerfully, even as the world faced difficult times over the past year. It will embark on a 121-day journey & will carry the hopes of the Japanese people & wishes for peace from people around the world. - #Tokyo2020 #TorchRelay”

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The FederalFeb 15, 2020
Even as coronavirus continues to claim lives, Tokyo #Olympic organisers held a dummy run for the torch relay. “It’s thrilling that this will take place across Japan over 121 days,” said actress Satomi Ishihara.
#Tokyo2020 #torchrelay #Coronavirusoutbreak
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Tokyo holds Olympic torch rehearsal as spectre of coronavirus looms - The Federal

A quartet of runners carried unlit torches for some 200 metres each as organisers went over the fine details before the Olympic flame arrives in Japan.