ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP)—Greek officials have conducted a full dress rehearsal for the lighting of the Olympic flame that will burn at the inaugural Youth Olympics in Singapore next month.
Standing in front of the 2,600-year-old Temple of Hera, an actress dressed as an ancient priestess used a concave mirror to light a silver torch with the sun’s rays Thursday.
ANCIENT OLYMPIA, GREECE(AP) —Greek officials have conducted a full dress rehearsal for the lighting of the Olympic flame that will burn at the inaugural Youth Olympics in Singapore next month.
Standing in front of the 2,600-year-old Temple of Hera, an actress dressed as an ancient priestess used a concave mirror to light a silver torch with the sun’s rays Thursday.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP)—Members of the U.S. women’s gymnastics team at the 2000 Olympics will receive their bronze medals at a ceremony in August after being elevated to third place when a Chinese gymnast was disqualified for being underage.
Earlier this year, the International Olympic Committee stripped China of the medal after an investigation that found Dong Fangxiao was only 14 at the Sydney Games. Gymnasts must turn 16 during the Olympic year to be eligible for the games.
WHISTLER ' The 2010 Paralympics, breaking new records in attendance and visibility around the world, closed out in a flash of colour and patriotism Sunday night as athletes from around the world gathered under a basketball court-sized Canadian flag and wished the Games goodbye.
VANCOUVER - Colette Bourgonje of Saskatoon will receive the Whang Youn Dai Achievement Award at the Paralympic closing ceremony on Sunday, along with Endo Takayuki of Japan.
The award recognizes elite athletes with a disability who have demonstrated an exceptional level of determination to overcome their adversities through sport.
The CTV network, which was criticized for not showing the opening ceremony live across the country, said Tuesday it will broadcast the finale in English on CTV and in French on RDS.
The ceremony starts at 7 p.m. Sunday in Whistler.
VANCOUVER ' Canada kicked off another giant party Friday for the world's best athletes, hoping to reignite the sense of pride that stormed the country during the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.
But this party, started years before with a plan for this country to host its first Paralympic Games, isn't just about waving the Canadian flag or seeing if the country's athletes can top the podium more frequently than those of 43 other participating nations.
VANCOUVER ' They arrived wearing red mittens and their patriotism on their sleeves.
They arrived wearing hockey jerseys or draped in Canadian flags and with maple leaves painted on their cheeks.
Friday's opening ceremony of the Paralympics will be a family-friendly show that will include a segment about the origins of the international sporting event, says the producer of the event.
VANCOUVER ' The momentum of the Olympic Games is pushing Paralympic tickets sales higher as Friday's opening ceremony inches closer and athletes begin arriving in British Columbia.
'Coming off the success of the Olympics, things have been going really well and we've been selling lots of tickets,' said VANOC's vice-president of ticketing and consumer marketing, Caley Denton.
