VANCOUVER—With just over month to go before the lighting of Olympic Torch, the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Relay Team conducted a training event on Wednesday in preparation for the real thing.
To get ready for the 106-day journey across Canada, some of the torch relay team members carried out a trial run in order to familiarize themselves with the roles they will play while on the road.
The training event, which caused brief road closures, took place in several BC communities including Hope, Chilliwack, and Abbotsford during business hours.
Although the torch was not lit, around 150 torchbearers, a large number of torch relay crew members, Olympic partners, and observers participated in the one-day training.
VANOC, the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the Games, did not encourage street spectator participation for the training. However, the organizers hoped that residents will turn out “to show their Olympic Spirit and Canadian pride when the Olympic Flame visits on February 7, 2010.”
The torch relay will kick off in Victoria, B.C., on October 30, embarking on a 45,000-kilometre coast-to-coast-to-coast trip through 1,000 communities and places of interest. About 12,000 torchbearers will take part.
To get ready for the 106-day journey across Canada, some of the torch relay team members carried out a trial run in order to familiarize themselves with the roles they will play while on the road.
The training event, which caused brief road closures, took place in several BC communities including Hope, Chilliwack, and Abbotsford during business hours.
Although the torch was not lit, around 150 torchbearers, a large number of torch relay crew members, Olympic partners, and observers participated in the one-day training.
VANOC, the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the Games, did not encourage street spectator participation for the training. However, the organizers hoped that residents will turn out “to show their Olympic Spirit and Canadian pride when the Olympic Flame visits on February 7, 2010.”
The torch relay will kick off in Victoria, B.C., on October 30, embarking on a 45,000-kilometre coast-to-coast-to-coast trip through 1,000 communities and places of interest. About 12,000 torchbearers will take part.
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