{"id":5973,"date":"2012-05-11T07:30:30","date_gmt":"2012-05-11T07:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.com\/?p=5973"},"modified":"2012-05-11T07:30:30","modified_gmt":"2012-05-11T07:30:30","slug":"torch-for-upcoming-london-games-lit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.com\/?p=5973","title":{"rendered":"Torch for upcoming London Games lit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/athletics\/london_olympics_logo.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"2012 London Olympic torch lit in Ancient Olympia\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: left; margin: 6px;\" \/>Ancient Olympia<\/strong>: The torch for the upcoming <a href=\"search.html?cx=partner-pub-2004395898380537%3A5221044443&amp;cof=FORID%3A10&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=2012+London+Games+&amp;sa=Search\" title=\"http:\/\/www.indiansportsnews.com\/search.html?cx=partner-pub-2004395898380537%3A5221044443&amp;cof=FORID%3A10&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=2012+London+Games+&amp;sa=Search\">2012 London Games <\/a>was  lit here Thursday at the site of the ancient Olympics in front of the  ruins of the ancient Temple of Hera. An actress playing the role of a  high priestesses lit the Olympic flame by the rays of the sun in a  parabolic mirror.<\/p>\n<p>Dignitaries at the ceremony included  International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge and  Sebastian Coe, chief of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic  Games (LOCOG).<br \/>\n<br \/>&#8220;We promise to protect the flame, to cherish its  traditions and stage an uplifting torch relay of which we can be proud,&#8221;  Coe said in a speech, adding that the event would &#8220;lift the spirits and  hopes of people across Britain and across the world&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The flame  was handed over to the first torch-bearer, Greek world swimming champion  Spyros Gianniotis, marking the start of an 1,800-mile journey through  the country featuring 490 torch-bearers, Xinhua reports.<\/p>\n<p>It will then be handed to London Games&#8217; organisers May 17 in Athens&#8217; Panathenaic Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The  70-day relay around Britain will start at Land&#8217;s End May 19 and end  with the opening ceremony at the Olympic Stadium in Stratford, east  London July 27.<strong> (IANS)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/athletics\/london_olympics_logo.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"2012 London Olympic torch lit in Ancient Olympia\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: left; margin: 6px;\" \/>Ancient Olympia<\/strong>: The torch for the upcoming <a href=\"search.html?cx=partner-pub-2004395898380537%3A5221044443&amp;cof=FORID%3A10&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=2012+London+Games+&amp;sa=Search\" title=\"http:\/\/www.indiansportsnews.com\/search.html?cx=partner-pub-2004395898380537%3A5221044443&amp;cof=FORID%3A10&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=2012+London+Games+&amp;sa=Search\">2012 London Games <\/a>was  lit here Thursday at the site of the ancient Olympics in front of the  ruins of the ancient Temple of Hera. An actress playing the role of a  high priestesses lit the Olympic flame by the rays of the sun in a  parabolic mirror.<\/p>\n<p>Dignitaries at the ceremony included  International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge and  Sebastian Coe, chief of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic  Games (LOCOG).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[1601,4355,2315],"class_list":["post-5973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-news-olympics","tag-2012-london-games","tag-jacques-rogge","tag-sebastian-coe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Torch for upcoming London Games lit - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.com\/?p=5973\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Torch for upcoming London Games lit - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ancient Olympia: The torch for the upcoming 2012 London Games was lit here Thursday at the site of the ancient Olympics in front of the ruins of the ancient Temple of Hera. 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