| 单词 | torchbearer |
| 例句 | With a voice that was equal parts youth and unquestioning command, the torchbearer barked, “What are you doing on this road?” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z A man stepped out of the crowd of torchbearers, his black beard obscuring half his face, his eyes glittering in the torchlight. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Standing around them were torchbearers and servants, and various animals like crows and lions wandered in the background. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He looked at Anya, face paling, then back at the torchbearer. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The torchbearer pulled her cowl down and let it rest under her chin. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The torchbearer who had followed Niran came forward; she was a woman, her black hair hanging in a long braid over her shoulder. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Marvin Worth was the lone torchbearer, a thorn in Hollywood’s side, holding true to the initial dream for almost twenty-five years, despite the taboo image of my father. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z "What would you have me do?" asked the torchbearer, a stout man in a leather half cape. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Then the palanquin was lifted up, the torchbearers closed in, the musicians took their places. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Windows provided a vantage point as the torch relay passed through Modbury Each of the torchbearers runs with the flame for about 300m before lighting the next bearer's torch in a "kiss". Muse carry Olympic flame in Devon 2012-05-20T19:44:30Z Littleton achieved equal renown as an artist and as a torchbearer for the movement he fomented. Glass pioneer Harvey Littleton dies at 91 2014-01-06T06:32:28Z Wang's embrace of his Chinese roots was so strong that Beijing authorities tapped him as a torchbearer for the 2008 Olympics, and he performed at the closing ceremony. Can Leehom Wang transcend China and America's pop cultures? 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z Male artists such as J Balvin, Maluma and Bad Bunny were touted as the torchbearers who would throttle Latin music forward. Women in Latin music are poised for a breakthrough. Is their industry ready for them? 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z At 52, he has become a torchbearer for that style, and an encouraging bandleader besides. Fall Pop Music Preview: An Abundance of Rhythms and Styles 2013-09-09T16:03:09Z Another splash of colorful nostalgia, the opening title sequence of this western musical comedy is staked with surprises, starting with the transformation of the Columbia Pictures torchbearer into a fiery, pistol-popping Jane Fonda. Pillow Talk to Bonnie and Clyde: the greatest Wayne Fitzgerald main titles 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z So it seems entirely appropriate for the Film Society of Lincoln Center to honor the Japanese director with a series that also pays attention to his artistic torchbearers. Movie Listings for Dec. 6-12 2013-12-06T01:00:08Z Adventureland receives these so-called torchbearer points in recognition of his role in the show’s development. ‘Hamilton’ Inc.: The Path to a Billion-Dollar Show 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z It said low ticket sales and last-minute security to protect torchbearer Lewis Hamilton added to the cost. Love Luton event's £394,000 loss 2012-09-03T18:13:00Z The story of Bad Bunny’s mythical ascent from a grocery bagger in the small town of Vega Baja to a torchbearer for a new generation of reggaeton and trap artists has become nearly folklore. Behind Bad Bunny’s Summery Surprise, ‘Un Verano Sin Ti’ 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z Within two weeks of starting the band, she performed at a festival in Maryland alongside Screaming Females, Sheer Mag and Priests, three of the current torchbearers of independent punk. High school’s done. Now comes indie rock stardom for Snail Mail. 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z Her favorite pop star is Lorde, the music world’s torchbearer for gritty girl power. Last Night, Calvin Klein — This Morning, Algebra 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z Yes, there are archival recordings; yes, knowledgeable people speak reverently about the otherwise forgotten geniuses of the genre; yes, contemporary artists like Béla Fleck are present as the modern-day torchbearers. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z He was admired in Memphis as a torchbearer to the city’s rap legends, Three 6 Mafia. Rapper Young Dolph fatally shot at Tennessee cookie shop 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z What do you think of the torchbearers who sold their torches after taking part in the relay? My East End: Tinchy Stryder, musician 2012-07-07T19:22:44Z There, Shepp was known as far more than just a music instructor — he was an ardent explicator and a torchbearer of African traditions. At 81, jazz titan Archie Shepp’s legacy comes into clear focus 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z He called on Jews to "become a cell" of a "future Semitic commonwealth" modeled on the medieval golden age of Arab rule, when Jews and Arabs together acted as "torchbearers of world enlightenment." Three architects who built Jerusalem: How they shaped and fled (and were forgotten by) the conflicted city 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z “And I see the role of comedians as the torchbearer. We shine the light on what’s really going on.” Testing Comedy’s Role as a Beacon on Racial Issues 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z The Adamses, Roosevelts, Kennedys and Bushes are among the clans that have spawned second generations of torchbearers and wannabes. Andrew Giuliani is test-driving his father’s legacy in New York 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z Together, Kötting and Sinclair are torchbearers for a resilient form of creative engagement with the English landscape. Swandown: two men in a pedalo 2012-07-18T17:17:15Z His inclusion in the lineup reflects his position as a new torchbearer for a genre that his great-aunt helped pioneer. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z From the title to the cover illustration, it sold a convenient fiction: the idea that Mr. Walker was a torchbearer, rather than a trickster. Review: Ryley Walker Is Unsettled in a Chicago Way on ‘Golden Sings’ 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z She believes that these cultural torchbearers can play a role in pandemic recovery — both economically and psychologically — but only if they receive the needed financial support. Could GoFundMe campaigns save our cultural collections? Las Vegas’s Pinball Hall of Fame is banking on it. 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z The ball, introduced by torchbearers with seemingly real flames, is a true feast, with a vast dining table heavily laden with food. Dance Review: ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ With National Ballet of Canada, in London 2013-04-22T21:36:14Z How do you pick that one film to stand as torchbearer for the 120 movies to come? Sundance Day One: Fest jumps right in with 4 films 2013-01-17T17:16:04Z Happily, a colleague was selected by his borough as a torchbearer for services to his community in Lewisham, so we asked him! Audio description: let's hear it for arts, heritage and culture for all 2013-05-24T16:31:03Z Amash and the caucus were heroes to the grass roots, torchbearers of the tea party movement, fighters of the powers that be. Justin Amash was part of the conservative in-crowd. Now he’s trying to figure out who his real friends are. 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z The Scottish band Simple Minds will headline a concert on New Year's Eve and 7,000 torchbearers will march to Calton Hill. Edinburgh's Hogmanay lines up Simple Minds to headline new year festival 2012-11-13T17:23:09Z “As torchbearers of today’s crucial conversations, our role is to examine the challenges to American democracy.” AP, theGrio join forces on race and democracy panel discussion, as 2024 election nears 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z The opening ceremony in the packed 80,000-seat Olympic Sports Center Stadium in Hangzhou featured electronic flash, 3D animations and a virtual torchbearer. AP PHOTOS: Asian Games wrap up their first week in Hangzhou, China 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z Instead, the high-tech games — billed of course as “green games” — offered electronic flash, 3D animations and a virtual torchbearer. Lots of dignitaries but no real fireworks — only electronic flash — as the Asian Games open 2023-09-23T04:00:00Z Instead, the high-tech games - billed of course as “green games” - offered electronic flash, three-D animations, and a virtual torchbearer. Lots of dignitaries but no real fireworks - only electronic flash - as the Asian Games open 2023-09-23T04:00:00Z The torch relay will start from there on May 8, with 10,000 torchbearers taking turns to carry it - the last of them lighting the cauldron at the opening ceremony. Sleek and shiny torch for Paris Olympics unveiled with carbon footprint in mind and a year to go 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z The torch relay will start from there on May 8, with 10,000 torchbearers taking turns to carry it — the last of them lighting the cauldron at the opening ceremony. Sleek and shiny torch for Paris Olympics unveiled with carbon footprint in mind and a year to go 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z But he does obviously want to be a national torchbearer for progressive causes. Column: Hey DeSantis, real tough guys don't use vulnerable immigrants as political pawns 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z “We look at ourselves as torchbearers. We always promised Bob that we’d bring the game back to the level where it belonged.” After hiatus, Capital Classic returns to celebrate high school hoops 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z “Dr. Stanley leaves behind a lasting legacy as a torchbearer and trailblazer of Gospel ministry and Christian broadcasting,” said Troy A. Miller, CEO of the National Religious Broadcasters. Charles F. Stanley, evangelical broadcaster and Southern Baptist leader, dies at 90 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z They’re also torchbearers for a 30-year-old tradition that originated and flourished in South Los Angeles, evidence of a legacy that continues to build community. Roc’co Tha Clown is building a family of hip hop clowns, one party at a time 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z Sen. Charles E. Grassley, Iowa Republican and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, has been a longtime torchbearer in the GOP in calling for the Pentagon to produce a clean audit. House lawmakers dig in on Pentagon audit failures ahead of Biden’s federal budget release 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z Perhaps most important, Ted Kennedy emerged after his brother Robert’s death in 1968 as the chief torchbearer of American liberalism, even as it came under attack from an insurgent political right. Review | Two books capture the messy, monumental life of Ted Kennedy 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z It's an achievement that caps his almost mythological rise from a grocery bagger in the small Puerto Rican town of Vega Baja to a global superstar, and a torchbearer for Latin pop and música urbana. Grammy Awards 2023: How to watch and who will win 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z He was also a torchbearer at the opening ceremony in London. Clarke named British Paralympic Association chief 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z Although he once said that being gay was not “my defining persona,” Mr. Kolbe ultimately became a torchbearer for gay rights. Former GOP congressman Jim Kolbe of Arizona dies at 80 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z She has positioned herself as one of the main torchbearers of the #MeToo movement in France. For French Firebrand, Ecology and Feminism Are ‘Next Battlegrounds’ in Culture Wars 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z And it gives Mr. Biden the standing to claim he is the torchbearer of an American foreign policy tradition that contrasts sharply with Mr. Trump’s isolationist “America First” approach and praise for autocrats. Biden Puts Support of Democracy at Center of Agenda, at Home and Abroad 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z And while Villalpando insists the majority of those he’s played with recreationally are “good guys,” he’s grown weary of being the torchbearer for locker room inclusivity. Seattle Pride Classic offers opportunity for LGBTQ+ players to compete in ‘inclusive space’ 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z Could he be the torchbearer for Henderson and the game’s other great stolen base threats? Julio Rodríguez Can Fly. Will His Bat Ground Him? 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z During the run-up to the Beijing Winter Olympics in February, China designated a soldier involved in the June 2020 clash with Indian troops to be a torchbearer, infuriating Indian officials. China woos India as both face Western ire over Ukraine 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z Years later, Ping received an invitation from Chinese officials to be a torchbearer at the opening ceremony in Beijing of the Summer Games in 2008. Disabled Chinese Fight for Equal Rights Despite Paralympic Glory 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z The tensions also weaken the EU's hand vis-a-vis Russia and China and affect its standing as the international torchbearer for rights and values. Factbox: Poland and Hungary test EU "cash-for-democracy" powers in court 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z Mark Adams, a spokesman for the International Olympic Committee, said that as an Olympian competing in the Games, Yilamujiang was “perfectly entitled” to be a torchbearer. Bearing an Olympic Torch, and a Politically Loaded Message 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z Dinigeer was selected as one of the last two torchbearers at the opening ceremony. China's U.N. envoy says choice of Uyghur torchbearer not meant to deflect Western criticism 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z The selection of Dinigeer Yilamujiang for the supreme honor of being a final Olympic torchbearer at the ceremony that opened the Winter Games in Beijing on Friday night was a huge surprise. What message did China send by choosing Uyghur torchbearer? 2022-02-05T05:00:00Z India joined the diplomatic boycott over China’s decision to appoint as torchbearer a regimental commander involved in a deadly border brawl in 2020. As Olympics begin, Beijing projects ‘shared future’ of undisputed Chinese power 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z As the torch relay began this week, state media celebrated that one of the torchbearers was a People’s Liberation Army soldier who survived a deadly border clash with Indian soldiers in 2020. Xi Jinping sees Beijing Olympics as validation of his power 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z The decision to field Qi as a torchbearer was swiftly denounced by the Indian government, which accused Beijing of politicizing the games. EXPLAINER: Why India won’t send diplomat to China Olympics 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z India will not attend Friday's opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, after one of the torchbearers reportedly chosen by Chinese authorities riled up New Delhi's anger. India to skip Winter Olympics opening ceremony over China’s torchbearer selection 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z International Olympic Committee spokesperson Mark Adams said it did not take a torchbearer’s ethnicity into consideration when giving its approval, but added; “I think it was a lovely concept.” What message did China send by choosing Uyghur torchbearer? 2022-02-05T05:00:00Z An Olympics committee in Beijing later selected Yalqun to be a torchbearer as well. For Uyghur torchbearer, China’s Olympic flame has gone dark 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z More than 1,000 torchbearers will carry the flame, with the cauldron due to be lit at the opening ceremony on Friday. Covid: Insights from deliberate infections and shop prices rise 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z Qi Fabao, a People’s Liberation Army regimental commander who was seriously wounded in the 2020 clash between Indian and Chinese troops, as an Olympic torchbearer riled up New Delhi’s anger. EXPLAINER: Why India won’t send diplomat to China Olympics 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z After their stunning defeats, two of the last torchbearers for a generation demurred when asked about the future. Analysis | What to know from the NFL playoffs: A big weekend gives way to some big decisions 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z The Palm was sold, prompting the departure of its charismatic torchbearer, Bruce Bozzi. Hollywood Glamour Is Pandemic-Proof at the Polo Lounge 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z The torch and torchbearer uniform helped smooth things over when the police came to his hotel that night check on him. For Uyghur torchbearer, China’s Olympic flame has gone dark 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z But in reality, the 76-year-old Nobel laureate is no longer the prime torchbearer for the country’s democratic aspirations. Sidelining of tarnished icon Aung San Suu Kyi leaves Myanmar’s democratic hopes in hands of others 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z House district from the GOP, is a torchbearer for the Democratic insurgency into once-prime Republican territory. Political fight in Georgia suburbs as McBath jumps districts 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z Yet not all of those pushing for recognition of past infection are vaccine critics or torchbearers of the anti-vaccine movement. COVID immunity through infection or vaccination: Are they equal? 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z Schoenmaker, though, must serve as a torchbearer for female swimming back in South Africa. South Africa had no female swimmers in Rio. Tatjana Schoenmaker set a world record in Tokyo. 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z “I still can’t understand why she was the final torchbearer,” one commenter wrote on a Yahoo News story about her loss. Critics Pounce on Naomi Osaka After Loss, Denting Japan’s Claim to Diversity 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z The identity of the final torchbearer is one of the Games' most closely held secrets. Slimmed-down ceremony to open pandemic-hit Tokyo Games 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z But the Trump rally photo used with the article overwhelmingly showed younger people, as do photos of Charlottesville torchbearers and many Capitol Hill insurrectionists. Opinion | Demographics isn’t destiny 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z To Jackson’s tight-knit voting rights community, members of which view themselves as torchbearers in the mold of Mr. Figgers and Mr. Evers, it’s all evidence of a lingering absence of urgency. Why Some Black Democrats Haven’t Embraced a Voting Rights Push 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z The statement said the Osaka segment would be conducted in the park “for all torchbearers who wish to run there.” Tokyo Olympic torch relay taken off streets of Osaka 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z Her selection as the final torchbearer at the opening ceremony on Friday demonstrated how eager the Olympic organizers were to promote Japan as a diverse culture. Critics Pounce on Naomi Osaka After Loss, Denting Japan’s Claim to Diversity 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z Being a torchbearer won’t be as much fun as in other Games. Shhh: No cheering or shouting at Tokyo Olympic torch relay. But clapping allowed. 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z “Prince Albert was the original torchbearer of the tweed tradition,” says Kirsty Hassard, curator of exhibitions and fashion historian at Victoria & Albert Dundee, the Scottish outpost of the London design museum. How tweed became a symbol of Scottish culture 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z The media were chasing it and Ueberroth, who loved the intrigue, wanted it to be a surprise, as the announcement of the final torchbearer usually is. Rafer Johnson, the Olympic gold medalist who helped bring the games to L.A., has died 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z But the suspension of Mr. Corbyn, a longtime torchbearer for Labour’s hard left, risked plunging the party back into the vicious factional disputes that became its trademark weakness during his five years in charge. Labour Party Suspends Jeremy Corbyn Over Anti-Semitism Response 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z “She conveniently became ‘depressed,’ conveniently healed, and was given the honor of being the final torchbearer,” wrote one commenter on Twitter. Critics Pounce on Naomi Osaka After Loss, Denting Japan’s Claim to Diversity 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z During the two weeks before running, torchbearers are being asked to refrain from anything that might expose them to the virus, such as eating out or going to crowded places. Shhh: No cheering or shouting at Tokyo Olympic torch relay. But clapping allowed. 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z “And sometimes I look at it as the torchbearer, so to speak.” From Mideast to AL East: Orioles’ Israeli prospect blooms 2020-09-26T04:00:00Z Johnson was 48 at the time, but in rehearsals for the opening ceremony, Wolper was making his torchbearer feel like an old man. Rafer Johnson, the Olympic gold medalist who helped bring the games to L.A., has died 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z Kamala Harris and other Black and brown people, especially women, are its torchbearers. Why they hate her: Kamala Harris, Black bodies and the white right 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z “Her selection as the final torchbearer was wrong,” wrote another commenter on the Yahoo News story about Ms Osaka’s loss. Critics Pounce on Naomi Osaka After Loss, Denting Japan’s Claim to Diversity 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z Organizers said they had asked torchbearers not to reveal their running slots in case crowds turn up to see them. Shhh: No cheering or shouting at Tokyo Olympic torch relay. But clapping allowed. 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z One of them — Soumay Tcheng — led such a remarkable, trailblazing life that she became a media sensation in the United States as well as a torchbearer for young women across China. Op-Ed: Will Disney's 'Mulan' be liberated enough? 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z As the Games approached, speculation swirled about who would be the final torchbearer, usually an athlete who stirred exceptional pride in the host nation. Rafer Johnson, the Olympic gold medalist who helped bring the games to L.A., has died 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z I achieved a dream of seeing him perform live in London in 2002 — his exalted reputation as the global torchbearer of Indian music matched by the grandeur in Covent Garden. Review | The man who made Indian classical music mainstream 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z The relay was expected to start in northeastern Fukushima prefecture with no torch, no torchbearers and no public. Tuesday Sports in Brief 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z It was expected to start in northeastern Fukushima prefecture, but with no torch, no torchbearers and no public. Tokyo Olympics officially postponed until 2021 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z The Tokyo Olympic torch relay will start Thursday as planned in northeastern Fukushima prefecture but with no torch, no torchbearers and no public because of the coronavirus outbreak. The Latest: European club rugby finals in May suspended 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z One of the bedrock principles of Mr. Sanders’s campaign is that health care is a human right, and he is the torchbearer for Medicare for all. Biden vs. Sanders, Issue by Issue 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Sanders is now the torchbearer for the same con that has destroyed countries and cost more than 100 million lives in the modern era. Bernie Sanders’ embrace of Castro and socialism 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z The torch relay involves hundreds of torchbearers in Greece and around 10,000 in Japan. Olympics: Games torch relay organizers take measures against coronavirus 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z Members of the Japan team who won the 2011 women’s soccer World Cup will start the Japan leg after the Olympic flame arrives from Greece before approximately 10,000 other torchbearers carry on the tour. Tokyo 2020 holds torch relay rehearsal 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z He became something of an involuntary torchbearer for Asian-Americans as he grappled with how to discuss his identity on the trail and how to address and confront racism. Andrew Yang Ends Campaign: ‘It’s Clear From the Numbers We’re Not Going to Win’ 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Where the Tories once positioned themselves as thrusting torchbearers for aspiration, the actual results of a decade of Tory-led government have made that much more difficult, as Phil Burton-Cartledge has pointed out. Yes, ‘aspiration’ can be a socialist idea – if the left can rid it of its baggage | Tom Blackburn 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z “You’re sort of the standard-bearer and the torchbearer, and sometimes that can feel a little lonely.” Few female legislators in Wyoming can cause challenges 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z The torchbearer for contemporary Native American art in the UK has been Rainmaker Gallery in Bristol. Buffalo jumps and handmade lingerie: the Native American artists 'reversing colonialism' 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z For three consecutive years, from 2016-18, the Huskies played in New Year’s Six bowls and were the conference’s torchbearer. ‘Wow, wow, wow.’ Jon Wilner reacts to UW football coaching shakeup with Chris Petersen stepping down, Jimmy Lake stepping up 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z Wagner embodied the nineteenth century, in all its grandeur and delusion; Nietzsche was the dynamic, destructive torchbearer of the twentieth. Nietzsche’s Eternal Return 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z “And I realized I had to be the torchbearer,” he said. First there was a documentary, now a TV series explores Wu-Tang Clan's wild history 2019-08-31T04:00:00Z The 2020 organizers say they will not reveal how the final torchbearer will be chosen. Japan speculates over identity of final Olympic torchbearer 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z Over his prolific, decade-long career, Segall has proved to be a torchbearer of California rock, veering from surf garage to frenetic hardcore to desert-hewn psychedelia, in a lane all his own. Inside rocker Ty Segall's two-month L.A. residency: 'This is too crazy to work' 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z He also portrayed himself as a devout torchbearer for the faith — with an alternative message. The path to electoral victory in Salvini’s Italy: Open opposition to the pope 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z Those results, well ahead of other far-right parties in a Pan-European coalition, figure to bolster Salvini’s role as a nationalist torchbearer inside the bloc. European Parliament elections: Voters deny traditional centrists a majority, boost euroskeptics and Greens 2019-05-26T04:00:00Z His party, the ANC, is still revered by many South Africans as the deliverer of freedom and the torchbearer of Mandela’s legacy. ‘The promises are empty’: South Africans vote, but the nation’s young people abstain in droves 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z Olympic organizers say they will not reveal the final torchbearer’s identity until the torch arrives in the stadium on live television, watched by billions of spectators. Japan speculates over identity of final Olympic torchbearer 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z On its own, this seems like just another critique from gallery etiquette's current torchbearer, but Watson's incident certainly brings the comments into sharper focus. Bubba Watson puts heckler in the grave at WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play - Golf Digest 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z The 34 year-old spoke to us about addressing the Trump era, unburdening himself of anger, and the pride and pressure of being a torchbearer for 21st-century blues. Gary Clark Jr: 'I want to let it be known: this land is your land, but it's mine too' 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z Broadening his party’s appeal to a national audience, Hewitt suggested, hinges on convincing voters that Libertarians — not Donald Trump or the new crop of activist Democrats — are the torchbearers of liberty and social progress. Can this Riverside County Libertarian make a fringe party mainstream? 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z Until right now, where, under an overcast Georgia sky, the ghosts of the Patrick family are looking down at their next of kin and the future torchbearers of a Seattle hockey tradition they helped start. History on hand as Seattle awarded the 32nd NHL franchise for 2021-22 season 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z In 12 exciting rounds, the 28-year old Alvarez made a compelling case Saturday that despite recent controversies, he’s the most capable torchbearer — not just for the middleweight division but for the entire sport. Canelo Alvarez claims middleweight title with narrow win over Gennady Golovkin 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z Many leaders in the coalition, such as Ms. Merkel, are considered torchbearers of European democracy, and its founding fathers also were the founders of the European project. Europe’s Conservatives Thought They Could Control Viktor Orban. They Were Wrong. 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z Do you consider yourself a modern-day torchbearer for the blues? Gary Clark Jr: 'I want to let it be known: this land is your land, but it's mine too' 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z The most public torchbearer for Mr. Jobs’s character and legacy is Ms. Powell Jobs. In ‘Small Fry,’ Steve Jobs Comes Across as a Jerk. His Daughter Forgives Him. Should We? 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z Some Democrats are demanding brash torchbearers to beat back “Trumpism” and counterpunch hard when the president lashes out. Both Parties Face Leadership Struggles as House Returns 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z He credits Trump as the torchbearer for a new era of Republican, eager to embrace the support of the religious right, eschew the establishment and break the mold of a traditional candidate. In age of Trump, evangelicals back self-styled top U.S. pimp 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z A column in the Dallas Morning News called King “the headline-hunting high priest of nonviolent violence” whose “road show” in Memphis was “like a torchbearer sprinting into a powder-house”. Martin Luther King: how a rebel leader was lost to history 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z When women's hockey player and torchbearer Jong Su Hyon attended a news conference early on, reporters were given an unusual warning. 'Peace Village,' a fake city just outside the DMZ, serves as metaphor for North Korean athletes at the Olympics 2018-02-17T05:00:00Z There would be no dramatic handshake to upstage the athletes, flag carriers, drummers or torchbearers. No Handshakes as Pence Avoids Kim Jong-un’s Sister at Olympics 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z Like it or not, Ardern is seen as a torchbearer for women in New Zealand and beyond. Jacinda Ardern: 'I'm not going to leave any room for doubt that I can do this' 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z Users quickly began suggesting replacements for a new “torchbearer” for AI fakery. The people making fake AI porn have been temporarily distracted by Nicolas Cage 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z About 20,000 people, including 17,000 torchbearers, took part in a procession through Edinburgh city centre to mark the opening of the city's Hogmanay festival. Torchlight procession held in Edinburgh 2017-12-31T05:00:00Z Edano is now the torchbearer of liberalism in Japan, and even if the flame now seems flickering, his party is well positioned to expose Abe’s shortcomings and flaws. What now for Japan after Abe's landslide election victory? 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z "Broken Glass" follows in the uplifting path of "Fight Song," another sharply produced pop jam whose every line leans into her image as torchbearer for women's empowerment. 5 Songs You Need to Listen to This Week 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z Mohammed broke with the Nation and its new torchbearer, Louis Farrakhan. In Mississippi, aging Muslim community worries about its future 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z Children crowded the sidewalks to wave little Chinese flags as torchbearers carried the Olympic flame through the streets. A City Apart: Hong Kong Marks 20 Years of Chinese Rule 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z At nineteen, he is a torchbearer for a class of rappers—and that’s a loose designation—for whom a career represents a tangle of musical innovation and character-crafting strategies. What Lil Yachty’s Optimism Means 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z The event was the true carnival torchbearer, much more so than the dowdy official season-opening parties. My night in naked New Orleans: the Mardi Gras party I'll never forget 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z It was the early torchbearer of India's IT industry. Is India's Infosys in a Tata-style battle? - BBC News 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z He said his favorite Olympics memory was in Atlanta in 1996, when Muhammad Ali, despite his Parkinson’s disease, was a surprise torchbearer who lit the flame at the stadium. NBC's Bob Costas being replaced by Mike Tirico at Olympics 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z Yet even with Merkel likely to remain in the chancellory for another four years, there are fears in Berlin that Germany may struggle to assume America’s status as the torchbearer for liberal democracy. Germany daunted by great expectations as Obama passes baton to Merkel 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z The high point of his combative career was his editorship of the Rand Daily Mail, torchbearer of liberal South Africa, from 1977-1981. Allister Sparks: A fighter for justice in South Africa 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z The sponsor of the torchbearer uniforms is Indiana Farmers Mutual Insurance, whose website says it focuses on providing insurance exclusively in Indiana. Participants of Indiana event to wear uniforms made abroad 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z The relay with some 2,000 torchbearers is set to travel more than 3,200 miles through Indiana’s 92 counties and 260 cities and towns before ending Oct. Ceremony set for start of Indiana Bicentennial Torch Relay 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z Olympic torchbearers jogged into several working-class neighborhoods and exited sprinting, chased by angry residents. Officials Spent Big on Olympics, but Rio Natives Are Paying the Price 2016-08-14T04:00:00Z So is making women the sole torchbearers for changing the culture. Sisterhood Is Not Enough: Why Workplace Equality Needs Men, Too 2016-08-13T04:00:00Z Hanan was chosen to be a torchbearer after the United Nations refugee agency forwarded her name to the Olympic organizing committee. A Young Syrian Torchbearer Highlights Brazil’s Embrace of Refugees 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z Opening ceremonies are among the best-kept secrets of the Games along with the final torchbearer who will light the cauldron. Rio opening ceremony to break with opulent traditions 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z "Tony is all planning and Paul is all spontaneity. And they're each strong personalities," Marshall said of the dueling Bourne torchbearers. Director Paul Greengrass returns to Jason Bourne territory, bringing serious issues back to escapist cinema 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z An antigovernment protester dressed as Mr. da Silva in prison garb and clutching a fake Olympic torch ran alongside the official torchbearers. Brazil’s Embattled President Dilma Rousseff Lights Olympic Torch 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z Among the first torchbearers will be a Syrian refugee who now lives in Brazil. Olympics 2016: Flame arrives in Brazil ahead of Rio Games - BBC News 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z It arrives in Brazil on May 3, and will be relayed across the vast country by about 12,000 torchbearers before the opening ceremony at Rio's Maracana Stadium. The Olympic flame for games at Rio de Janeiro made a stop at a refugee camp in Athens, as part of a global IOC initiative to promote sport among 60 million displaced people 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z Some 12,000 torchbearers will then carry the flame through Brazil before the Games start in August. Syria refugee carries Olympic flame though migrant camp in Greece - BBC News 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z The flame arrives in Brazil on May 3, and will be relayed across the vast country by about 12,000 torchbearers before the Aug. 5 opening ceremony in Rio’s Maracana Stadium. Still swimming in exile, Syrian refugee to carry Rio flame 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z The flame was lit by an actress impersonating a pagan high priestess and will be delivered to the first torchbearer, Greek world gymnastics champion Eleftherios Petrounias. Flame for Rio Olympics is lit at birthplace of ancient Games 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Organizers say it will reach 90 percent of Brazil’s 200 million people, with 12,000 torchbearers carrying the flame. Security expert: Rio Olympic torch is target for protesters 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z But Taiyebi insists she is no activist, no voice of the oppressed, no torchbearer for female emancipation. Tank buster: artist creating a brighter future from machines of war 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z As leaders of the largest denomination in the country, they became torchbearers for religious conservatives across faith traditions, and became embroiled in polarizing political fights. Pope Francis warns US bishops against 'harsh and divisive' language, saying new tone needed 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z The Indiana Office of Tourism Development is accepting nominations from the public for the more than 1,800 torchbearer spots. Announcement set on Indiana’s Bicentennial Torch Relay 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z The Olympics organising committee and sponsors will choose the torchbearers in the next few months. Brazil President Rousseff unveils Rio Olympics torch - BBC News 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z The torch, crafted from recycled aluminum and resin with a satin finish, innovates with different segments that open up when the Olympic flame is passed from one torchbearer to another. Rio 2016 organizers unveil Olympic torch 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z In these and other instances, “religious liberty” torchbearers speak as if there is a rich tradition of accommodating any citizen who says that a law burdens her faith, regardless of the societal fallout. Americans are entitled to religious freedom, but there are limits 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z How did he, of all people, become the latest torchbearer in the ugly war of insults and invective now underway between Jerusalem and Washington? Oren's Obama-Bashing 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z In the 1956 Olympics, in Melbourne, Clarke, at 19, after failing to make the Australian team, was the final torchbearer in the opening ceremony and lit the Olympic flame. Ron Clarke, Australian Runner Known for World Records, Dies at 78 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z The upcoming game takes place in a virtual fantasy realm that's 30 times bigger than the previous title in the series, and larger even than Skyrim, the torchbearer for open-world games like this. Building The Witcher 3’s huge, wild fantasy world 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z About 12,000 torchbearers will carry the Olympic flame across some 300 cities and towns in the 26 Brazilian states and the federal district. Rio 2016 organizers unveil Olympic torch 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z More than 15,000 people bought tickets to stand, from a roped-off distance, as a half-dozen torchbearers came forth at nightfall. AP PHOTOS: Temple stirs Northern Ireland hearts to fiery end 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z Keys burnished her credentials as the next torchbearer for American tennis, defiantly saving eight match points as her opponent roared in frustration before Williams sealed the contest with an ace down the middle. Murray books fourth final, Serena to face Sharapova 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z “Young people will be the torchbearers of the next sustainable development agenda through 2030,” Ban said in his report. U.N. Wants to End Poverty, Hunger by 2030 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z In 2012 she was chosen as an Olympic torchbearer and took over the flame from sailor Ben Ainslie at Land's End. Man admits £2m heiress blackmail 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z There were 8,400 torchbearers wielding them, and they formed a human chain more than 80 kilometers long, stretching from the village of Ploegsteert along the French border to the coastal city of Nieuwpoort. A Century Later, World War I Lights Up the Battlegrounds in Flanders, Belgium On a crisp autumn Saturday, more than 400 young activists were drawn to Carleton College to see the new liberal torchbearer in Congress, Warren. Sen. Al Franken is trying hard to be boring — and succeeding “I believe in public investment in research and innovation,” he stated, adding that he would be the “torchbearer” for science in the new commission. E.U. research chief candidate passes first test 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z These wandering youngsters, vaulting from one tree to the next, are likely the torchbearers of orangutan culture. An Orangutan Learns to Fish 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Valls fashions himself as a torchbearer for the center, seeking peace with the business community and revisiting bedrock Socialist tenets like France’s 35-hour workweek. French Premier’s Push Toward Center Opens Rift on the Left 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z Ms Kabayeva was among the final six torchbearers at the opening of Mr Putin's showpiece Sochi Winter Olympics in February, rekindling speculation that she was a favourite of the Russian leader. Putin divorce goes through 2014-04-02T14:36:58Z About 7,500 torchbearers took part in the event, which was led by Shetland's Up Helly Aa Vikings and the massed pipes and drums. Procession kicks off Hogmanay events 2013-12-30T20:04:46Z It is not as easy as it might look to be a torchbearer. Got a Light? Olympic Torch Relay Seems Cursed to the Ends of the Earth 2013-12-18T02:41:29Z Diving torchbearers met underwater in Lake Baikal in November. The Sochi Olympics Torch Relay in Pictures 2013-12-17T16:31:57Z Smyczek, who had never made the third round of a Grand Slam event or even been ranked inside the top 100, looked to be enjoying the role of torchbearer. No U.S. Men in Final 16 Is a First at Open 2013-09-02T04:20:37Z Mr. Qureshi is not an obvious torchbearer for revolutionary change: he is also the makhdoom of a prominent shrine and a large landowner to boot. Patronage’s Roots Run Deep as Pakistan Faces Vote 2013-05-08T22:06:46Z Logan said his ultimate torchbearer for it would be the Queen while Mrs McKerrow said she will continue to relist the torch until there is no more demand for it. Boy's torch continues Olympic spirit 2013-01-01T09:19:12Z Some of the torchbearers dressed in Viking costumes. Pictures: Scottish New Year celebrations start 2012-12-31T07:30:34Z About 7,000 torchbearers will gather on Princes Street for the annual event which attracts tens of thousands of spectators. Torch parade to kick off Hogmanay 2012-12-30T12:18:25Z The key role, though, was played by the 16-year-old Arsenal footballer Jade Bailey, the final torchbearer before the flame reached the park. 50 not-so-famous personalities from sport's greatest ever year 2012-12-29T22:01:01Z Not only me, no one in the college thought she would become a world leader and the torchbearer of her country's movement for democracy one day. Aung San Suu Kyi was 'a quiet and inquisitive student' 2012-11-14T19:13:10Z Now the torchbearers of United's next generation must watch, listen and learn from those who still tread the turf. Scholes continues to roll back the years 2012-09-15T18:18:48Z Around 7000 torchbearers and 30,000 onlookers gathered in Edinburgh, Scotland's capital city, on Sunday night to start the annual Hogmanay celebrations. Pictures: Scottish New Year celebrations start 2012-12-31T07:30:34Z In interviews, prompted by his own management, he portrays himself as a torchbearer for progressive values. The Saturday Profile: A Star Televangelist in Pakistan Divides, Then Repents 2012-09-01T00:57:46Z The city's protest camp is the final torchbearer for the 99%. The Global Occupy Movement Makes Its Last Stand in Hong Kong 2012-08-30T13:05:33Z Some 150 local residents took part in a lantern procession and formed a guard of honour for eight torchbearers, who carried flames representing England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. Day in pictures: 29 August 2012 2012-08-29T11:14:38Z Some 150 local residents took part in a lantern procession and formed a guard of honour for eight torchbearers who carried flames representing England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. Crowds welcome Paralympic flame 2012-08-29T07:15:34Z At about 19:45 BST a lantern procession will see the four national flames carried into the stadium by torchbearers. Paralympic torch relay to set off 2012-08-28T10:05:38Z More than 60,000 people cheered on torchbearers when the Olympic flame passed through Swansea before the Games. Paralympic flame tours Swansea 2012-08-28T05:53:52Z Clare Balding is a torchbearer for top broadcasting but tends to grab the camera with both hands. Clare Balding sets the gold standard but could turn down the intensity 2012-08-26T22:00:05Z Celebrations got under way as torchbearer Rosie Smith, 25, lit a gold cauldron at the Mound, using the flame which was created on Britain's highest peak Ben Nevis on Wednesday. Paralympic Games buildup: ceremonial cauldron lit in Edinburgh 2012-08-26T10:41:20Z A procession of eight torchbearers accompanied by 150 lanterns will travel from Belfast Waterfront to City Hall on Saturday evening. Paralympics celebrated in Belfast 2012-08-25T19:53:39Z The last torchbearer will light a celebration cauldron at the stage. Where to see the Paralympic Flame in NI 2012-08-24T17:30:27Z Michael Watson will carry the Paralympic flame in Trafalgar Square Former boxer Michael Watson will be a torchbearer in the Paralympic relay. Watson to carry Paralympic torch 2012-08-23T09:29:07Z It will pass from hand to hand via five-strong teams of torchbearers, before arriving at the Abbey Road crossing in north-west London made famous by the Beatles. Paralympic flames light up countdown to biggest Games in history 2012-08-21T18:35:21Z The talents, dedication and hard work of Scotland's torchbearers and ParalympicsGB is, quite simply, inspirational. Paralympic Games buildup: ceremonial cauldron lit in Edinburgh 2012-08-26T10:41:20Z He urged spectators support the Paralympic torch relay by lining the route, taking lanterns to a flame festival or supporting a torchbearer. Paralympics 2012: torch routes revealed 2012-08-15T16:36:25Z Locog commercial director Chris Townsend said: "The London 2012 auction not only offers fans the chance to own a piece of history but helps subsidise the cost of torches for torchbearers." Olympic equipment put on sale 2012-08-15T11:05:14Z He was ordered to pay the torchbearer Anna Skora and the injured officer £100 compensation each. Boy admits torch relay grab bid 2012-08-14T13:35:43Z Local torchbearers carried the flame on its journey through scores of cities, towns and villages and tens of thousands lined the streets to see it in their local area. Over £1m to police Olympic torch 2012-08-14T05:17:46Z Noting that it might be their only chance, people line the roads to see cyclists or runners or torchbearers - and lift their arms in unison as they pass. Arm's length: Does filming hold reality at bay? 2012-08-04T04:48:09Z He met several Olympic torchbearers, including budding athlete Katie Kirk, 18, one of the young Britons nominated to light the Olympic cauldron in the Olympic stadium last weekend. Cameron's wish comes true with first UK gold 2012-08-01T14:55:23Z It was made up of 204 flames in copper petal-like bowls mounted on stems which, once lit by seven young torchbearers, were raised to merge into one huge flame. Olympic cauldron's 'peace' design 2012-07-28T15:33:28Z David Beckham passes under London's Tower Bridge driving a speedboat named Max Power, which carries the Olympic torch and its torchbearer, on July 27, 2012. Highlights From the 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony 2012-07-28T04:05:12Z But he said that Lord Coe's organising committee, which took the final decision on the torchbearer only on Wednesday, had won the PR battle. 'Magnificent seven' light flame after dazzling ceremony 2012-07-28T00:26:56Z Figures come thick and fast from the London organisers – 8,000 miles travelled, 8,000 torchbearers, and an astonishing 13 million spectators. Olympic torch sails to its destination 2012-07-27T17:25:38Z Coke shot to the top due to positive comments being tweeted about boyband The Wanted making surprise visits to some torchbearers as part of the soft drink giant's support of the Olympic torch relay. Olympic brand McDonald's suffers Twitter humiliation 2012-07-27T16:06:09Z Rogge complimented local organizers for managing to keep the identity of the final torchbearer or torchbearers under wraps even from the British media. Rogge: I don't know who will light Olympic flame 2012-07-27T12:06:10Z Speaking just hours before the ceremony at the Olympic Stadium, Rogge complimented local organizers for managing to keep the identity of the final torchbearer under wraps even from the British media. Rogge: I don't know who will light Olympic flame 2012-07-27T10:21:12Z Today was given wholly to ceremony and to the march past of the athletes, the arrival of the torchbearer, the kindling of the fire, and the pronouncement of the oath. 1948 Olympics: King George attends opening ceremony of Austerity Olympics 2012-07-27T09:30:00Z Photograph: Ian Usher The is on its last leg, safely delivered by more than 8,000 torchbearers and the wise words of all who took part in the Guardian's writers' relay. An Olympic-sized thank-you: we've reached the end of the road 2012-07-27T06:01:01Z A host of celebrities and nominated torchbearers carried the flame as it took in some of 's most famous landmarks, including Trafalgar Square and St Paul's Cathedral. William and Kate welcome Olympic torch at Buckingham Palace 2012-07-27T00:19:59Z Each of the royals who greeted the torch on the steps of the palace nominated a charity from which to select a torchbearer. Torch greeted by royals at palace 2012-07-26T17:54:27Z At 19:10, the last torchbearer of the day Tyler Rix will light a cauldron at a torch celebration event in Hyde Park. Torch visits host of landmarks 2012-07-26T16:02:27Z The ballyhoo can be nauseating and it can be absurd too when it reveals the chemical composition of the Olympic flame or makes a mystery of the identity of the final torchbearer. 1948 Olympics: King George attends opening ceremony of Austerity Olympics 2012-07-27T09:30:00Z The good-natured crowd defied security guards' efforts to corral them behind barriers, mobbing the former English rugby star who was the first torchbearer of the day. EYES ON LONDON: Spain's situation, Tube travel 2012-07-26T10:39:11Z The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry with the Olympic flame and torchbearer at Buckingham Palace. William and Kate welcome Olympic torch at Buckingham Palace 2012-07-27T00:19:59Z The relay ends Friday when the last torchbearer lights the cauldron at the London Olympics opening ceremony. Day 69: Olympic torch hits top London sights 2012-07-26T10:44:07Z It will travel in a cauldron on board Gloriana and be carried at different points along the river by seven torchbearers. Torch visits host of landmarks 2012-07-26T16:02:27Z The book is the result of a two month investigation into corporate choices for torchbearers featured here on the Datablog, which uncovered evidence that sponsors consistently ignored official guidance not to select executives. Olympic torch relay places - how were they allocated? Get the data 2012-07-26T06:00:00Z Musician Labrinth was in the London Borough of Brent to be a torchbearer. Day 68 of the Olympic torch relay 2012-07-25T14:26:40Z The relay ends Friday when the last torchbearer lights the cauldron at the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium to mark the official start of the London games. Harry Potter star Grint carries Olympic flame 2012-07-25T16:22:08Z The flame was carried to the lunch break by the oldest female torchbearer of London 2012. Banks takes 2012 flame to Wembley 2012-07-25T12:18:01Z A total of 144 torchbearers will carry the flame on day 67 of the relay as it travels 43 miles through the London boroughs of Kingston upon Thames, Richmond, Hounslow, Hillingdon and Ealing. Olympic flame to take London tube 2012-07-23T18:33:39Z The identity of the torchbearer who will ignite the cauldron it is the most closely guarded secret of all - and so far, that has not leaked. Olympic opener will be spectacular but not secret 2012-07-23T13:32:12Z The first torchbearer of day 68 was Joanna Hyams who held the flame on the bridge at Headstone Manor in Harrow. Day 68 of the Olympic torch relay 2012-07-25T14:26:40Z The final torchbearer before the relay is beamed up for lunch in Croydon will be actor Sir Patrick Stewart, renowned for playing Star Trek Captain Jean-Luc Picard and numerous Shakespearean roles. Doreen Lawrence takes 2012 flame 2012-07-22T19:00:15Z Singer Beverley Knight was also a torchbearer in the London Borough of Brent. Banks takes 2012 flame to Wembley 2012-07-25T12:18:01Z It began the day at Redbridge Cycling Centre, where the first torchbearer of the day, Luke Benjafield, 20, from South Woodford, carried the flame through a corridor of cyclists from local clubs. London 2012: Olympic torch tops the London Eye 2012-07-22T10:53:02Z Former boxer Lewis, who was born in Stratford, east London, will be the day's final torchbearer. Flame takes flight on London Eye 2012-07-21T19:25:19Z There the first torchbearer of the day, Luke Benjafield, 20, from South Woodford, will carry the flame through a corridor of cyclists from local clubs. Lennox Lewis to carry Games torch 2012-07-22T03:14:44Z Back on board, it is the stories of those other torchbearers that will stay with me longer than memories of jogging with the flame. Olympic torch relay gives ordinary people their moment to shine 2012-07-21T18:07:21Z Like most other torchbearers, they were nominated by their communities. Sun comes out as Olympic torch tours London 2012-07-21T12:40:13Z Saturday's relay will also include stints from London's youngest and oldest torchbearers. Gymnast Comaneci to carry flame 2012-07-20T18:10:07Z Mr Freedman, from Hornchurch, Essex, was nominated as a torchbearer for his charity fundraising. Flame takes flight on London Eye 2012-07-21T19:25:19Z A torch leg features sponsor buses blaring music, streamers and tambourines, cheerleaders shouting things like "Go torchbearer!" cameras and media. Olympic buzz takes off: London welcomes the flame 2012-07-20T13:52:09Z Observer writer Owen Gibson as an Olympic torchbearer running up Well Hall Road in Eltham, south east London. Olympic torch relay gives ordinary people their moment to shine 2012-07-21T18:07:21Z Another of the day's 140 torchbearers will be Olympic medallist Roger Black. Teen arrested over torch incident 2012-07-20T10:44:10Z The picture is one of ten torchbearers represented in life-size cut-out photographs shown floating above the ground. 100-year-old torchbearer among portraits at Olympic exhibition 2012-07-19T18:00:48Z To overtake the torch in Dover and to run past the same crowds who will be cheering on the official torchbearers will be an incredible moment. Runners to overtake Olympic torch 2012-07-18T01:29:06Z The flame will travel in a cauldron on board Gloriana and be carried at different points along the river by seven torchbearers. Olympic flame to drop into Tower 2012-07-16T11:59:18Z As the convoy carrying our cohort of torchbearers weaves through Eltham's streets, she waves furiously at the never-ending stream of people she knows among those lining the streets. Olympic torch relay gives ordinary people their moment to shine 2012-07-21T18:07:21Z The Metropolitan Police, from which the torch security officers are drawn, said: "We would like to remind members of the public not to attempt to breach the security bubble around the torchbearer." Teen arrested over torch incident 2012-07-20T10:44:10Z The Olympics initially distanced itself from torch sales, saying it was up to torchbearers whether to sell them. Olympic torches hot auction item as Summer Games near 2012-07-16T03:59:04Z Bonfield, 57, who lives in Washington DC, was a US torchbearer at the Winter Olympics held in Salt Lake City. Mitt Romney stays quiet on made-in-China US Olympics uniforms 2012-07-15T19:40:55Z Up to 400 people saw the start of the relay from Bel Royal before it was carried along the seafront to St Helier with crowds two or three deep, waving flags and cheering the torchbearers. Jersey welcomes the Olympic flame 2012-07-15T12:55:16Z In the heart of the New Forest, torchbearer Stephen Baker was greeted by Brockenhurst College Band when he carried the Olympic flame through the village as the relay travelled between Lyndhurst and Lymington. In pictures: Torch relay day 57 2012-07-14T19:23:51Z Olympians, the torchbearers of American athleticism, would wear navy blazers produced in China. Debate rages in Congress, public over U.S. Olympic uniforms made in China 2012-07-14T00:02:00Z Another of Britain's finest sailors, Ms Robertson, is also among the day's 92 torchbearers. McArthur to carry flame in Cowes 2012-07-13T19:05:47Z The collaborative investigation site Help Me Investigate has compiled data on almost 500 mystery torchbearers - can you help identify who they might be? Who are the mystery Olympic torchbearers? Get the data 2012-07-11T11:49:11Z He walked down the track before handing the torch to an Oxford doctoral student, Nicola Byrom, who ran a full lap wearing the white torchbearer uniform. Legendary miler Sir Roger Bannister carries Olympic torch 2012-07-11T03:40:06Z He walked down the track before handing the torch to an Oxford doctoral student who then ran a full lap wearing the white torchbearer uniform. Bannister carries Olympic torch on fabled track 2012-07-10T13:54:12Z The torch is travelling from and there will be 111 torchbearers for day 53 of the relay. Streaker arrested at torch relay 2012-07-10T12:02:40Z In May I followed the torch through Devon, speaking to torchbearers and crowds while writing a series of very short stories. Olympic torch route, day 51: childhood memories give even Luton a rosy glow 2012-07-08T06:01:01Z The team at Help Me Investigate have written a guide to identifying mystery torchbearers here. Who are the mystery Olympic torchbearers? Get the data 2012-07-11T11:49:11Z Two time Olympic sailing gold medallist, Sarah Gosling, will be among the 131 torchbearers running the 197 miles of Sunday's relay. Olympic torch to go for a punt 2012-07-07T18:05:40Z The Met's torch security team prevented him from gaining access to the torchbearer and the male fell of his bike. VIDEO: Torch security team tackle cyclist 2012-07-07T18:46:14Z They create a security "bubble" around each torchbearer, armed with just a radio and, during sunny periods, their regulation sunglasses. Olympic torch: Security team gain fame 2012-07-06T09:50:21Z An Olympic torchbearer will be running past it today. Olympic torch route, day 49: Rayleigh, famous for celebrated births and a spectacular death 2012-07-06T06:00:01Z Their tips include: Mystery torchbearers in the age bracket 30-50, and from outside the UK, are less likely to be sportspeople or community champions, and more likely to be company directors or senior managers. Who are the mystery Olympic torchbearers? Get the data 2012-07-11T11:49:11Z Dominic Macgowan, 12, is the youngest torchbearer of the relay and will be carrying the flame through Birmingham. Flame to visit Shakespeare's town 2012-06-30T19:55:01Z A male on a pedal cycle attempted to enter the security bubble around the torchbearer. VIDEO: Torch security team tackle cyclist 2012-07-07T18:46:14Z "If anyone of any age threatens the security of the flame or torchbearer, we need to move that threat away quickly." Olympic torch: Security team gain fame 2012-07-06T09:50:21Z Mr. Matthews, Galveston’s former city manager, would seem an odd torchbearer for Johnson. Texas Monthly: Galveston Pays Tribute to Jack Johnson, 100 Years Later 2012-06-30T23:04:39Z You'll often find a bunch of torchbearers from the same country running on the same day. Who are the mystery Olympic torchbearers? Get the data 2012-07-11T11:49:11Z Among the day's other torchbearers are Sir Cliff Richard and band The Wanted. War hero carries flame in relay 2012-06-30T07:52:39Z Natnael Yemane, 15 was a torchbearer as part of an official international programme team as the relay entered the city on Thursday. Olympic torchbearer goes missing 2012-06-29T11:27:14Z They then underwent a gruelling 18 months of training to make them fit enough to run up to 20 miles a day, while managing the relay torchbearers and crowds. Olympic torch: Security team gain fame 2012-07-06T09:50:21Z One torchbearer was chosen from each of the 20 countries taking part, from Azerbaijan to Zambia. Torch date for Torvill and Dean 2012-06-27T18:23:12Z The table below shows a selection of the people identified so far, along with details on who they are and how this may link to their nomination as a torchbearer. Who are the mystery Olympic torchbearers? Get the data 2012-07-11T11:49:11Z The last torchbearer of the day will be Jules Hanks, 46, from Sleaford, who will light the cauldron at the evening celebration. Flame abseils down Grimsby Tower 2012-06-27T05:45:26Z The first torchbearer of the day was Lucy Brunt, 13, from Sheffield, who completed a lap of the stadium's running track to start the relay. Injured soldier walks with torch 2012-06-26T11:09:03Z They are more likely to be seen clapping on torchbearers or smiling at young spectators than shoving back the crowds. Olympic torch: Security team gain fame 2012-07-06T09:50:21Z Other torchbearers on Monday include , 15, the son of fundraiser Jane Tomlinson who is carrying the torch on behalf of his late mother. Sebastian Coe to carry the flame 2012-06-24T19:32:05Z The Olympic cavalcade, meanwhile, with its huge corporate presence overwhelming the little torchbearer dressed in white, will reflect what society appears to honour and value – embedding even deeper, emptier ideals in our children's psyches. Olympic torch route, day 37: the Games will leave no legacy in Moss Side 2012-06-24T05:01:01Z The Olympic flame's journey through the north-west of England on day 35 of the relay will involve 139 torchbearers. Torch to light up Blackpool Tower 2012-06-21T18:23:28Z The last torchbearer of the day will be World War II veteran Jack Andrew, aged 92, from Wakefield. Injured soldier walks with torch 2012-06-26T11:09:03Z "The London 2012 auction not only offers fans the chance to own a piece of history but helps subsidise the cost of torches for torchbearers," said Locog's commercial director, Chris Townsend. Olympics auction: bid for Usain Bolt's baton and David Beckham's torch 2012-06-20T23:36:30Z Some of the biggest cheers of the day were reserved for , who at 90 is one of the oldest torchbearers of the relay. Torchbearer proposes during relay 2012-06-18T17:30:01Z A runner who donated part of her lung to her sister and a driver who rescued a pensioner from a railway crossing are among Wednesday's Olympic torchbearers. Olympic torch travels to Carlisle 2012-06-19T19:31:03Z Figures, landscape and symbolism metamorphose into each other with a fluidity reminiscent of Blake, an artist Ofili regards as one of his "torchbearers". Actaeon stations: Chris Ofili and the Royal Ballet 2012-06-19T17:52:11Z So an alternative relay was planned, run by torchbearers from around Bridlington who had been unsuccessful in their nominations. Olympic torch route, day 31: Bridlington almost rebels 2012-06-18T06:00:03Z The first torchbearer of the day James Coupland, 17, will carry the flame across the bridge. Torch to journey over River Tees 2012-06-17T17:20:20Z The first torchbearer of the day was England and Durham cricketer Paul Collingwood who set off from the Unesco World Heritage site in Durham. In pictures: Torch relay day 30 2012-06-17T10:03:53Z The day's final torchbearer will be 20-year-old Jordan Little, who will light the cauldron at the evening celebration in his home city of Carlisle. Olympic torch travels to Carlisle 2012-06-19T19:31:03Z England and Durham cricketer Paul Collingwood will be the first of 124 torchbearers of the day who will carry the torch 84 miles. Torch travels to industrial north 2012-06-16T17:09:32Z Sixty years ago the torchbearer would have been greeted by a sea of white faces, many topped by cloth caps. Olympic torch route, day 29: Sunderland has swapped ships for cars 2012-06-16T06:00:01Z The last torchbearer of the day, Ms Forrest will light a celebration cauldron on stage at Edinburgh Castle at the evening's celebratory event, which will include performances by Scottish singer Emeli Sande. Flame to visit Edinburgh Castle 2012-06-12T17:40:44Z A total of 40 torchbearers covered more than 29 miles across the Northern Isles on day 23 of the relay. Longest relay journey for flame 2012-06-10T18:00:58Z On day 23 of the relay, 40 torchbearers will travel more than 29 miles across the Northern Isles. Torch to fly to Scottish isles 2012-06-09T18:37:05Z More than 8,000 torchbearers are carrying the flame across the United Kingdom and neighboring islands before the July 27 - Aug. 12 games. Olympic torch ferried across Scotland's Loch Ness 2012-06-09T17:41:08Z After 92 torchbearers have carried the flame there will be a celebration. Flame to travel across Loch Ness 2012-06-08T18:48:38Z One torchbearer carried the flame by boat across Lough Neagh, the UK's biggest lake. Olympic flame braves stormy seas, departs Ireland 2012-06-07T15:58:15Z The city's final torchbearer, Laura McCann, carried the flame on stage and lit a large cauldron in front of the crowd. Belfast city hall welcomes torch 2012-06-06T18:59:36Z For plenty of others, however, it was the torch rather than the exuberantly coiffed torchbearers that appealed. Olympic torch route, day 19: a tale of two cities, one flame and Jedward 2012-06-06T18:24:21Z Later I used a list of Nottinghamshire towns to add another dozen or so torchbearers from the region. 2012 Olympics investigation: the story behind the olympic sponsors 2012-06-06T15:01:00Z Coca-Cola, as an official torchbearer partner, was able to allocate places to members of the public – it was responsible for allocating 1,350 slots. London 2012: torchbearers picked by sponsors keep flame of commerce alive 2012-06-06T13:09:04Z More than 8,000 torchbearers are carrying the flame throughout the United Kingdom, and the British islands of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man, in advance of the July 27-Aug. Olympic flame crosses Irish border, tours Dublin 2012-06-06T08:58:08Z The torchbearers were nominated by peers, teachers, and leaders of youth organisations. US torchbearer plan criticised 2012-06-06T05:58:28Z Olympic gold medallist will be among the day's torchbearers along with pop duo Jedward. Olympic flame travels to Dublin 2012-06-05T18:46:21Z Meanwhile, I wrote up the story of the adidas torchbearers, most of whose stories seemed to centre around their ability to sell product. 2012 Olympics investigation: the story behind the olympic sponsors 2012-06-06T15:01:00Z ArcelorMittal, another organisation supporting the Olympics, was given six torchbearer slots. London 2012: torchbearers picked by sponsors keep flame of commerce alive 2012-06-06T13:09:04Z Next, another torchbearer walked carefully along the Giant's Causeway, an up-and-down natural stairway composed of tens of thousands of six-sided basalt rocks that run right into the Atlantic. IRA supporters force Olympic torch to alter course 2012-06-04T22:46:04Z Two torchbearers met in the middle of the Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge, a vertigo-inducing tourist attraction, with one using her torch flame to light the other's torch. Olympic torch spotlights Northern Ireland coast 2012-06-04T13:30:11Z Its conclusion, though, will see torchbearers cross a new "Peace Bridge" built to connect the two halves of the city, and run through the smart new riverside park built at its eastern end. Olympic torch route, day 17: the flame passes through the city with two names 2012-06-04T06:00:02Z But in the end these were the decoration around a much more serious story: of what exactly the Olympic torchbearers did represent, and how big corporations chose to interpret the 'Olympic spirit'. 2012 Olympics investigation: the story behind the olympic sponsors 2012-06-06T15:01:00Z The day 17 relay will end when the final torchbearer, , from Strabane, lights a cauldron at the evening celebration in Derry. Torch lured by NI tourism magnets 2012-06-04T02:09:58Z There crowds five-deep cheered the sight of the torchbearer, flanked by a half-dozen security staff jogging alongside. Olympic torch starts 5-day Northern Ireland tour 2012-06-03T06:16:08Z Next a torchbearer walked carefully along the Giant's Causeway, a stunning geological feature composed of tens of thousands of hexagonal rocks. Olympic torch spotlights Northern Ireland coast 2012-06-04T13:30:11Z The first torchbearer of the day, Leanne Harper, is due to set off from the National Sports Centre in Douglas at 10:25 BST. Torch relay to visit Isle of Man 2012-06-01T20:01:37Z Local media often celebrate their community, so I thought I'd map the torchbearers of Nottingham, the most 'newsworthy' of the top ten hometowns. 2012 Olympics investigation: the story behind the olympic sponsors 2012-06-06T15:01:00Z However there are scheduled to be two torchbearers at Carrick-a-Rede in the morning. Torch lured by NI tourism magnets 2012-06-04T02:09:58Z Throughout the day a total of 135 torchbearers will carry the Olympic flame. Football manager kicks off relay 2012-05-31T06:55:22Z Joshua Hill, who was diagnosed with Leukaemia but is now in remission, is one of the youngest torchbearers at 13. Olympic flame's last day in Wales 2012-05-30T10:32:06Z Also among the day's torchbearers is 16-year-old , who is the youngest person to complete the Three Peaks Challenge solo, and , a 26-year-old wheelchair sports coach. Torch travels to Snowdon summit 2012-05-28T18:00:17Z Welsh opera singer Bryn Terfel will be one of the Olympic torchbearers on day 10 of the relay as the flame travels from . Opera star Terfel to carry torch 2012-05-27T19:36:51Z At Swansea's Bracelet Bay, the flame will be carried by the day's first torchbearer, 16-year-old Corey Thomas from Swansea, who was nominated for his work as one of Wales' first Youth Sports Ambassadors. Train and horse rides for flame 2012-05-26T18:37:38Z Most of the torchbearers who participate in the relay were nominated based on work in their local community or an inspiring personal achievement. 2012 London Olympics Blog: Olympic Torch Turns Out to Be a Tough Sell 2012-05-24T13:23:43Z Sharron Davies won silver for Britain 32 years ago Former swimmer Sharron Davies will be one of the torchbearers on the sixth day as the Olympic relay travels from . Swimming Olympian joins relay 2012-05-23T18:31:03Z The London 2012 organising committee explained that when the mistake was made no torchbearers were running and the relay was in "convoy mode" – in other words being carried in a vehicle. Olympic torch route, day 5 – a wrong turn in Bristol but nobody minded 2012-05-23T11:10:42Z The first torchbearer in the U.K. was Olympic sailor Ben Ainslie, who said that he would find a “special place” in his house for his torch. Should Olympic Torch Bearers Be Allowed to Cash In? 2012-05-22T21:05:29Z One of the torchbearers in Frome was former serviceman Gavin Harvey, 31, who lost both his legs while serving with the Army in Afghanistan. Williams and Gardener take torch 2012-05-22T15:16:59Z Simonds’s eBay auction spurred other torchbearers to post auctions of their own, some of which are also donating to charities but others do not reveal their intentions. 2012 London Olympics Blog: Olympic Torch Turns Out to Be a Tough Sell 2012-05-24T13:23:43Z Ms Cowburn was nominated to be a torchbearer because of her work in founding the organisation. Olympic torch £150k bid 'a hoax' 2012-05-22T10:50:12Z The surprise torchbearer was cheered on by thousands of people as he ran through Taunton in Somerset. will.i.am carries Olympic torch 2012-05-22T07:18:21Z As torchbearer Andrew Bell says, "It is nearly a metre long and looks weird on the mantelpiece." So what can you do with a leftover Olympic torch? 2012-05-21T18:00:02Z A list of every torchbearer according to the official London 2012 website. Olympic torch relay: the route, the torch and its bearers. Get the data 2012-05-21T16:10:00Z Sarah Milner Simonds decided to sell her torch for charity Dozens of Olympic torches are for sale online as torchbearers are prepared to part with their prized relay memento. Olympic torches for sale online 2012-05-21T15:06:47Z "I don't believe that torchbearers should be allowed to sell their Olympic torch, they were especially chosen to carry the Olympic flame and they should honour that instead of just thinking about making money." Should you get to sell your Olympic torch? 2012-05-21T13:03:22Z The great majority of torchbearers are local people nominated by peers for their achievements, for example in charity or community work. Q&A: The Olympic torch 2012-05-21T12:53:34Z The torches are the torchbearers' to do what they want with them. Flame goes out during torch relay 2012-05-21T11:00:34Z Click here to browse the torchbearer data in its own web page. Olympic torch relay: the route, the torch and its bearers. Get the data 2012-05-21T16:10:00Z Jonathan Edwards will carry the Olympic flame close to his childhood home in Ilfracombe Olympic gold medal winner Jonathan Edwards is among the torchbearers set to carry the flame on its journey from . Olympian Edwards to carry torch 2012-05-21T05:32:21Z "We think that the torchbearers should keep their torches and pass them down to their family in the future." Should you get to sell your Olympic torch? 2012-05-21T13:03:22Z The lightweight design is laser cut with 8,000 holes, representing the number of torchbearers. Q&A: The Olympic torch 2012-05-21T12:53:34Z It was not a complete disaster: the torch was re-lit using a backup flame that is transported around with the torchbearers. Flame goes out during torch relay 2012-05-21T11:00:34Z And somewhere in the middle, a lone torchbearer carrying the Olympic flame. Olympic torch relay tours Devon with 350-strong entourage in tow 2012-05-20T16:04:47Z Each of the torchbearers will run with the flame for about 300m before lighting the next bearer's torch in a "kiss". Torch takes in South Devon coast 2012-05-19T19:34:50Z "We think torchbearers should be allowed to sell their torches, as long as the money goes to a charity." Should you get to sell your Olympic torch? 2012-05-21T13:03:22Z A convoy of more than 15 vehicles is travelling with the torch, including two buses to carry the day's torchbearers, a media bus, police bus, a command car and various sponsors vehicles. Q&A: The Olympic torch 2012-05-21T12:53:34Z But cynicism was left at home by the thousands who thronged the route to cheer the torchbearers. London 2012: Cornwall's torchbearers light the way to Olympic countdown 2012-05-19T23:06:55Z A total of 8,000 torchbearers will carry the Olympic Flame 8,000 miles over 70 days to where it will light the cauldron at the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Games. Olympic torch relay as special as Olympic golds, says Ben Ainslie 2012-05-19T17:57:08Z When the torch goes through a town, people are going to recognize a lot of those torchbearers. Olympic flame arrives in Britain 2012-05-18T21:23:06Z "I think torchbearers should keep their torches because they are part of Olympic history." Should you get to sell your Olympic torch? 2012-05-21T13:03:22Z Eight thousand inspirational torchbearers are all set to bring the magic of the Games to everyone's doorstep. Olympic flame's arrival is a marquee moment for London 2012 organisers 2012-05-18T18:46:45Z If there was a common complaint, it was that there was not enough clarity as to when the lengthy caravan would be in "torchbearer mode" and when it would be in "convoy mode". London 2012: Cornwall's torchbearers light the way to Olympic countdown 2012-05-19T23:06:55Z One torchbearer will put their torch near that of the next torchbearer, and the fuel in each torch will allow the flame to pass from one to the other. How does the Olympic flame stay lit? 2012-05-18T13:44:53Z It will be carried around the UK by 8,000 torchbearers before arriving at the Olympic stadium in Stratford for the Games' opening ceremony on 27 July. Beckham to collect Olympic flame 2012-05-16T13:09:29Z "I think torchbearers should not be able to sell their torches because they are very precious and they should keep them for their memories!" Should you get to sell your Olympic torch? 2012-05-21T13:03:22Z Olympic organizers hope that torchbearers will inspire the nation since they are the ones who fight real fires and save children and work to better their communities. 70 days, iconic sites: Olympic torch coming to UK 2012-05-16T16:28:11Z From there, the torch will begin its journey across the U.K. in a relay that involves 8,000 torchbearers traveling 8,000 miles. UK Royal Navy to kick start Olympic torch race 2012-05-12T13:37:13Z Organizers hope the torchbearers - mostly people chosen for their local community work - will raise spirits and inspire people ahead the games. Sailor Ainslie will kickoff UK Olympic torch relay 2012-05-10T14:18:13Z “It is an unbelievable honor to be a torchbearer ... especially carrying the flame in Olympia and representing the city of London,” Loukos said. London 2012 Olympics: Torch lit in Greece as relay begins 2012-05-10T13:39:24Z "It is an unbelievable honor to be a torchbearer ... especially carrying the flame in Olympia and representing the city of London," Loukos said. Olympic flame for London Games lit in Greece 2012-05-10T11:40:15Z Traditionally, the identity of the final torchbearer is kept secret until the big moment arrives. 2012 London Olympics Blog: Who Will Light the Olympic Caldron in London? 2012-05-09T18:30:26Z The first two torchbearers were both born in England, the sons of Greek fathers and British mothers. Flame lighting rehearsal goes off without a hitch 2012-05-09T11:45:13Z The torchbearers for the actual relay include Britain's oldest full-time firefighter and a soldier who lost three limbs in an explosion in Afghanistan. UK runners practice with unlit Olympic torch 2012-04-20T10:49:12Z Some 8,000 torchbearers will carry the flame across Britain, with a stop in Dublin, Ireland. London games organizers unveil Olympic torch route 2012-03-19T12:07:13Z They're also releasing details of some of the 8,000 torchbearers who will carry the flame across Britain and Ireland beginning May 19. London games organizers unveil Olympic torch route 2012-03-19T08:56:11Z Olympic organizers made the conscious decision to nominate most of the torchbearers in community ballots, focusing attention on the great and the good in cities across Britain. Minding the Torch: Olympic flame travels in style 2012-02-01T18:27:12Z The identity of the final torchbearer is always meant to be a closely guarded secret, so the uncertainty will go on right up until the flame is ignited on the evening of July 27. Burning question: Who will light Olympic cauldron? 2012-01-27T10:48:12Z Some 8,000 torchbearers will carry the flame around Britain on a 70-day relay before the Games start on July 27. Redmond Senior Back in Limelight as Olympic Torchbearer 2012-01-11T00:33:40Z Most of the torchbearers are members of the public chosen for embodying community spirit, courage and sporting determination. London games organizers unveil Olympic torch route 2012-03-19T12:07:13Z The British Olympic Association selected Redmond as a torchbearer for the nationwide relay that starts on May 19 and ends at the opening ceremony on July 27. 20 years after helping son over Barcelona line, Jim Redmond to carry Olympic torch in UK relay 2012-01-10T11:54:19Z From there, a total of 580 torchbearers working in teams of five will carry the flame to London for the opening ceremony on Aug. 29. 4 separate flames to be lit ahead of next year?s London Paralympic Games 2011-09-15T11:38:11Z The young horse which the torchbearer was riding reared suddenly once, and a second time, and then rushed madly sidewise. On the Field of Glory An Historical Novel of the Time of King John Sobieski 2011-09-13T02:00:27.560Z “I see him as one of the torchbearers,” said Rick Franklin, a blues guitarist who has played with Williams. Guitar Man Warner Williams strums the blues in the District 2011-09-05T16:39:00Z One of the first torchbearers will be Dave Jackson, a volunteer coast guard officer from Cornwall, southwest England. London games organizers unveil Olympic torch route 2012-03-19T12:07:13Z Coe, again, was unavailable for comment about the riots, but he was quoted in a press release about Olympic torchbearer nominations. Organizing chairman Coe stays mum on London riots 2011-08-11T14:23:09Z But suddenly the door of the villa opened, and between two torchbearers an aged man came forth, bareheaded, and carrying a key--it was Herr von Antoniewicz. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z A number of grooms and torchbearers also pressed forward to see and salute their master. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z The torch will carry the Olympic flame to the opening ceremony and will be carried by 8,000 torchbearers. VIDEO: London 2012 Olympic torch unveiled 2011-06-08T09:17:04Z These torches are going to be carried by 8,000 torchbearers over 70 days on a 8,000-mile route before it ends up at the Olympic Stadium on 27 July. Check out the new Olympic torch 2011-06-08T11:12:05Z On Thursday, media were updated on the London Olympic torchbearer nominations. Organizing chairman Coe stays mum on London riots 2011-08-11T14:23:09Z His lordship, after making an eloquent speech in favour of Home Rule, entered Mr. J. J. Colman’s carriage, and, preceded by two brass bands, and escorted by torchbearers, was driven to Carrow House. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z From 18 May 2012 the Olympic torch relay will tour the UK in the run up to the London Games - taking 70 days, with about 8,000 torchbearers. Old flame 2011-05-18T06:51:02Z Lake Placid Winter 1980 The design returned to the plate and handle look but for the first time the team of torchbearers was small, comprising 26 men and 26 women from each US state. Torch timeline 2011-05-18T06:51:58Z The torchbearers will be chosen from nominations for "inspirational" people - many of them aged 12-24. Check out the new Olympic torch 2011-06-08T11:12:05Z Olympic organizers on Wednesday named 74 locations where 8,000 torchbearers will carry the flame after it arrives from Greece in exactly a year's time on May 18, 2012. Olympic torch to go on 8,000-mile tour of Britain 2011-05-18T07:16:20Z The torchbearers will be chosen for being "inspirational" or for being "local heros". Olympic torch journey revealed 2011-05-18T07:13:58Z The flame will arrive from Greece on 18 May, 2012, and will be carried by 8,000 torchbearers before being taken to the Olympic Stadium in London on 27 July. 2012 torch stops to be unveiled 2011-05-17T23:43:09Z The torchbearers had come up and a group, picturesque and terrible, was formed, by the bright light of the burning resin. The Prussian Terror 2011-05-04T02:00:15.170Z Seven yards—the tiger turned in a slow, voluptuous glide, his ominous eyes still on the torchbearer, and slipped through the bushes to the jungle beyond. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z He was accorded a triumph and the distinction of being accompanied, when walking in the streets during the evening, by a torchbearer and a flute-player. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z She said that different factions’ leaders recruited members to participate, but the movement lacks a definitive torchbearer. Prisoners Strike in Georgia 2010-12-12T06:50:00Z But today that culture is fading fast, with Mrs. Martyr’s generation perhaps its last torchbearers. Fadeout for a Culture That?s Neither Indian Nor British 2010-08-14T19:01:00Z The closing show started with a comic workman connecting a plug and pulling the fourth arm out of the floor so the torchbearer could light the cauldron as planned two weeks ago. Joking Canada closes Games with stadium moose stampede 2010-03-01T05:57:00Z The crowd roared with laughter and applauded as the arm eased into place and a torchbearer finally lit the indoor cauldron -- with all four legs -- as originally planned. Cauldron finally finds itself with a leg to stand on 2010-03-01T03:27:00Z Moments passed, the music continued to play and Gretzky and the other four torchbearers' eyes shifted nervously as they awaited the cauldron's arms to deploy. 2010-02-14T00:40:00Z Eventually three of the four arms emerged from the floor, the torchbearers lit the bases and the flames shot up and ignited the cauldron. 2010-02-13T18:57:00Z Their way was lit by torchbearers, and led up a winding path which ended on a level bit of highland directly behind the castle. Castle of Terror Each historian regards his own nation as the torchbearer of civilization; its mores give him his ethical standards by which he estimates whatever he learns of other peoples. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals “What are you going to do, man?” cried the doctor, as the exchange of torchbearer was effected. Dead Man's Land Being the Voyage to Zimbambangwe of certain and uncertain blacks and whites Eventually three of the four arms emerged, the torchbearers lit the bases and the flames shot up and ignited the cauldron. 2010-02-14T00:40:00Z But the truth was that a land crab, with an unsolvable mania for playing the rôle of torchbearer, would be scuttling away with the stub in one of its claws. From Place to Place All over Italy from north to south men arose in the darkness of those ages who became the guides and the torchbearers of a humanity that had gone astray in the carnage and gloom. Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida "Look there, what d'ye call that, fellows?" demanded the torchbearer, pointing ahead to where the little light just managed to win out against the gloom. The Banner Boy Scouts on a Tour, or, The Mystery of Rattlesnake Mountain Upwards of 150 torchbearers assembled at the castle as darkness set in, and separated into two parties, one band proceeding to Invergeldie, and the other remaining at Balmoral. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales Isabel walked a little behind with her father and Anthony, who had at last been able to come forward through the press and join them; and a couple of the torchbearers escorted them. By What Authority? The vanguard of the torchbearers of a world-redeeming civilization are landing on its shores and are settling in its capitals. Citadel of Faith The yellow flames threw weird patterns on the houses: shadows of men twisted and dodged on the walls as the torchbearers swung the lights to and fro. Men Called Him Master Then with a bound he dashed through the men attacking the traveller, and took his stand beside him, while the torchbearer, leaving his torch against a stump of a tree, also joined the combat. The Cornet of Horse A Tale of Marlborough's Wars But the morning star shone with a different significance as the herald of the day, the torchbearer who lights the way for radiant Aurora on her triumphal progress through the skies. Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky The two torchbearers went on and stood by the steps as the three ladies ascended, leaving black footmarks as they went. By What Authority? He implored the torchbearers to stand back while the inflammable fluid was put on board. Round the World in Seven Days He went out, taking the torchbearers with him, and although it was dark again in the vaulted church, the recruits sang a long time. The Texan Scouts A Story of the Alamo and Goliad One of the torchbearers gave ground a little. Audrey In front will march the torchbearers and what we should call "the band," consisting in these circumstances of a number of persons playing upon the flageolet. Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul The royal authorities also gave their earnest support, for they saw in the Jesuit missionary not merely a torchbearer of his faith or a servant of the Church. Crusaders of New France A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the Wilderness Chronicles of America, Volume 4 If two torchbearers happened to meet each other on their rounds, they performed the same ceremony and uttered the same words. Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul We stumbled through the underbrush wet with dew, our way lighted by a score of torchbearers who surrounded us. The Lost Continent The torchbearers, probably averse to holding a light to their own countenances, had flung the torches into the water, and now, heavily shadowed by the cedars, the place was in deep darkness. Audrey Calderon watched them depart with a thoughtful and absent look; then, starting from his reverie, he bade his torchbearers proceed, and resumed his way to the Prince of Spain. Calderon the Courtier, a Tale The sea, it seemed to hold In the calm mirror this live globe of gold, This world, the soul and torchbearer of our own. Poems He wishes to disguise the fact that he is of the torchbearers, the varlets, the bathkeepers who produced him. A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago When night came on, the husband brought his wife to her new abode, escorted by a procession of torchbearers, musicians, and friends, who sang the happy wedding song. Early European History No harm would the Indian do to his little torchbearer; for, besides the service he renders, does he not embody a portion of the sun god, the holy fire? The Stories Mother Nature Told Her Children So it came to pass that one fine summer evening a large company of torchbearers approached the Zeltweg, to the accompaniment of loud music. My Life — Volume 2 "The sound is only the coughing of the torchbearers from the damp whereof I warned your Majesty." Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland Desire is the torchbearer, Motherhood is the Way. The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) The two torchbearers and a third man descended, closing the hatch after them. To Have and to Hold "Lord, Paris, how begrimed you are!" she cried; and, mounting, rode away towards Holyrood with her torchbearers and attendants. The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series He gathered up the tools of his trade, and motioned to his torchbearer to go before. 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