London 2012 Olympic Flame

From East Midlands to East of England, London, Northern Ireland, North East, North West, Scotland, South East, South West, Wales/ Cymru, West Midlands,  Yorkshire and finally Humber. The Olympic flame will travel through these places. It will travel within an hour of 95% of people in UK to shine a light on the best their area has to offer such as landscapes and popular urban areas. The host towns and cities are really working on precisely the festival to how best involve the people as well as the tourist to join the celebration. Torch Relay evening celebration will mark a mixture of entertainment and shows in each community that will relay the flame. The flame relay will start on May 19, 2012 Saturday at Land’s End. This ritual is just part of the original Olympic tradition of how will lit the flame. In ancient time in Greece, it is lit from the sun’s rays at the temple of Hera in Olympia. After a short relay in Greece the flame will now travel to the new host city at another ceremony, where it is transferred from one torchbearer to another spreading the message of peace, unity and friendship among all nations in the world. The journey will then be end as the last torchbearer will light the cauldron at the Olympics Games Opening Ceremony in the Olympic Stadium, stating the official start of the Games. The flame will only extinguish at the final day of the games in the closing ceremony. As of the latest update till now, there are many Torchbearer candidates, it is being voted as the way it is traditionally of who will be the lucky person to light the final Torch in London 2012.

These are the Olympic Torches way back from Berlin 1936, all in all there are 21 Olympic Torches including the latest one from London 2012.

Torch Design Revealed!

LOCOG- London Organizing Committee for 2012 Olympics reveals today the design of the Olympics torch. This torch will be carried by almost 8,000 torchbearers across UK next summer.  Design by Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby the two international acclaimed designers. In partnership with the Basildon based product engineers Tecoism and Coventry based manufacturers The Premier Group. The Olympics Torch is 800mm high and weighing just 800g, it is one of the most lightweight in the history of the Olympic Movement. Its gold-colored form is perforated by 8,000 small cut-out circles, representing the 8,000 Torchbearers and their stories of personal achievement. The circles, which run the length of the Torch, will also offer a unique level of transparency – allowing people to see right into its heart – and help keep the Torch cool.

Who will light the Olympic Torch in London?

In history the Olympic torch is lit in a traditional ceremony. It’s the symbol of the Olympic Games representing peace, unity and friendship among nations, which will bring the spirit of the game on everyone in the world. Next year’s torch relay will much more exciting because the flame will be carried by 8,000 torchbearers all the way to London. The three representing partners for the torch relay will be Coca Cola, Lloyds TSB and Samsung. The lucky torchbearer will be state this month of MAY 2011. I’ll be updating who would that person will be. For today the nomination is still being process.  There are lots of humor leading candidate bearer these are; Tom Daley the diver, Rebecca Adlington the swimmer, David Beckham the game booster in Football and Princess Anne the Royal Olympics Gold Medalist. 

“The Olympic Flame will literally shine a light on inspiring people, places and 2012 Games projects and programmes right across the UK as communities begin their Olympic celebrations with the Torch Relay. 95% of the UK population will be within a one hour journey time of the Olympic Torch Relay and we are now developing the Torch which will be one of the key visual icons of the London Olympic Games.”    ~ Sebastian Coe, Chair of LOCOG