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Tag Archives: torch relay
A Very British Torch Relay.
As the organisers of the London Olympics propose ever more stupid stunts that the Olympic Torch must perform during the Olympic torch relay – zip-wire over the Tyne, abseiled down a tower in Grimbsy, taken in a steamer across Lake Windemere, … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, Pageantry
Tagged athletics, britain, kevan gosper, London, Olympics, torch, torch relay
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A History of the Olympic Torch Relay: Part III, Race Resurfaces
As we have previously discussed, the Olympic Torch Relay was founded by the Nazi party in the 1936 to communicate an idea of racial hegemony . We have also seen that the Torch itself slowly became a means of showing … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, Design
Tagged bud greenspan, Helen Jefferson Lenskyj, Ichikawa, kevan gosper, Paavo Nurmi, sophie gosper, tokyo 1968, tokyo olympiad, torch relay, Yianna Souleles
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