{"id":9924,"date":"2011-05-18T15:41:14","date_gmt":"2011-05-18T15:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2011\/05\/18\/london-2012-olympic-torch-relay-heads-to-birmingham\/"},"modified":"2011-05-18T15:41:14","modified_gmt":"2011-05-18T15:41:14","slug":"london-2012-olympic-torch-relay-heads-to-birmingham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2011\/05\/18\/london-2012-olympic-torch-relay-heads-to-birmingham\/","title":{"rendered":"London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay heads to Birmingham"},"content":{"rendered":"
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City to bask in \u2018Olympic Spirit\u2019 ahead of games<\/h3>\n
THE iconic Olympic flame will light up Birmingham next summer after the city was today selected as\u00a0a\u00a0host destination for The London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay.<\/strong><\/div>\n

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As the city prepares to host the USA and Jamaican training camps, the Olympic Games countdown will get underway on Saturday June 30 2012 with a celebration of the city\u2019s culture, sport and heritage, to be hosted in Victoria Square.<\/div>\n

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Birmingham is one of 66 Evening Celebration locations across the UK confirmed today by the London 2012 Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG).<\/div>\n

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The evening events will offer thousands of people the opportunity to come together and get involved in celebrations and share in the Olympic spirit.<\/div>\n

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As part of the events LOCOG and the Presenting Partners, Coca-Cola, Lloyds TSB and Samsung, will stage exciting entertainment shows where a cauldron will be lit from the Olympic Flame, marking the end of the day\u2019s proceedings.<\/div>\n

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The Olympic Flame will arrive in the UK from Greece on Friday 18 May 2012 and the 70 day Torch Relay will start at Land\u2019s End, Cornwall on the morning of the 19 May 2012.\u00a0 On leaving Land\u2019s End, the Olympic Flame is expected to travel an estimated 8,000 miles across the UK, giving thousands of communities and individuals their moment to shine as the Olympic Flame comes to their doorstep. The Olympic Flame will arrive at the Olympic Stadium on 27 July 2012 for the lighting of the cauldron at the Opening Ceremony, signifying the start of the London 2012 Olympic Games.<\/div>\n

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Cllr Martin Mullaney, Birmingham City Council\u2019s Cabinet Member for Leisure, Sport and Culture, said: \u201cThe Torch Relay is the curtain raiser to what we know will be a huge and spectacular sporting event, so I\u2019m proud that Birmingham has been selected as an overnight stay for the Olympic flame.<\/div>\n

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\u201cAcross the world, the flame is the most recognisable symbol of the modern Games and I\u2019m sure the people of Birmingham will be out in force to celebrate its arrival in our city.<\/div>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019re looking forward to hosting training camps for the USA and Jamaica. Now we can get in the mood for what I know will be an unforgettable Olympic Games by welcoming the Olympic flame to Britain\u2019s Sporting City.\u201d<\/div>\n

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Sebastian Coe, Chair of LOCOG said: \u201cWe are thrilled that Birmingham City Council has agreed to host the Olympic Flame on its journey right across the UK.\u00a0 The Olympic Flame will shine a light right across Birmingham, celebrating the culture and heritage of the area and showcasing the very best of the city.<\/div>\n

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\u201cWe have no doubt that the welcome Birmingham will provide will demonstrate how the spirit of the Olympic Games is reaching out across the UK and excitement builds as the start of the 2012 Games draws closer.\u201d<\/div>\n

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City to bask in \u2018Olympic Spirit\u2019 ahead of games THE iconic Olympic flame will light up Birmingham next summer after the city was today selected as\u00a0a\u00a0host destination for The London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay. As the city prepares to host the USA and Jamaican training camps, the Olympic Games countdown will get underway on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}