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Olympics legend Comaneci takes flame on London tour
Olympics legend Nadia Comaneci held the 2012 torch aloft over London on Saturday as the flame began a seven-day tour of the host city that will culminate at the Games opening ceremony. Olympics organisers hope that with the flame now in the British capital, attention will turn towards sport and…
Olympic torch takes a wrong turn
The Olympic torch briefly took a wrong turn on Wednesday, delaying the flame’s relay across Britain by about ten minutes. The torch convoy muddled the route in Failand near Bristol, southwest England, a London Organising Committee of the Olympicand Paralympic Games (LOCOG) spokesman said. The relay was “in convoy mode” at the…
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