Torch relay
The Olympic torch's shadowy past: Nazi Germany
Posted by Jeff from BBC News
The idea of lighting the torch at the ancient Olympian site in Greece and then running it through different countries has much darker origins. It was invented in its modern form by the organisers of the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. And it was planned with immense care by the Nazi leadership to project the image of the Third Reich as a modern, economically dynamic state with growing international influence.
Scuffles During UK Olympic Torch Relay
Posted by Jeff from Huffington Post
Demonstrators tried to board a relay bus after five-time Olympic gold medalist rower Steve Redgrave launched procession at Wembley Stadium _ presaging a number of clashes with police along the torch's 31-mile journey.
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