This lavishly illustrated book is a well-researched history of the Olympic flame and torch starting from ancient Greece and tracing its journey to the Sydney 2000 Olympic torch relay.
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It was a real thrill for me to read "Running Towards Sydney 2000". The content [of the book] reveals a thorough research into, and a sympathetic understanding and knowledge of, the vast background of the Olympic flame and torch relay. -- Lola Harding-Irmer, Member of the Organising Committee for the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games
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Janet Cahill is Australia's foremost authority on the Olympic Torch and Torch Relay. She has spoken on the Torch and Relay around the world, including at the prestigious Olympic Academy in Olympia, Greece. Her book has generated huge interest; it has already sold over 21,000 copies, including a limited hardcover edition which has already sold out.
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THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (IOG) was constituted on 23 June 1894 as a result of the efforts of Baron Pierre de Coubertin to revive the modern Olympic Games. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
flame lighting ceremony, torch relay route, final torchbearer, kms average, flame cauldron, host city Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Olympic Games, Los Angeles, Opening Ceremony, Closing Ceremony, State Summary, Pierre de Coubertin, Anthony Mark, British Olympic Association, Con Verevis, Paavo Nurmi, Seoul Olympic Organising Committee, United States, Charles Butcher, Coca Cola, Ron Clarke, Fritz Schilgen, Hellenic Olympic Committee, John Cotton, John Niland, Leni Riefenstahl, Olympic Movement, Second World War, Stéphane Préfontaine, Miner's Lamp, Peter Martin New!
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THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (IOG) was constituted on 23 June 1894 as a result of the efforts of Baron Pierre de Coubertin to revive the modern Olympic Games. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
flame lighting ceremony, torch relay route, final torchbearer, kms average, flame cauldron, host city Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Olympic Games, Los Angeles, Opening Ceremony, Closing Ceremony, State Summary, Pierre de Coubertin, Anthony Mark, British Olympic Association, Con Verevis, Paavo Nurmi, Seoul Olympic Organising Committee, United States, Charles Butcher, Coca Cola, Ron Clarke, Fritz Schilgen, Hellenic Olympic Committee, John Cotton, John Niland, Leni Riefenstahl, Olympic Movement, Second World War, Stéphane Préfontaine, Miner's Lamp, Peter Martin New!
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