/ R E P E A T -- Media Advisory - TO2015 to Announce Parapan Am Games Torch Relay Route and Open Torchbearer Contest/

Special event to take place at the CN Tower, the Official Attraction of the Games

TORONTO, April 2, 2015 /CNW/ - The TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games Organizing Committee (TO2015) will make its first announcement regarding the TORONTO 2015 Parapan Am Games Torch Relay, presented by President's Choice^® and OLG.

On Tuesday, April 7, special guest Chelsey Gotell, Paralympian and Parapan Am multi-medallist, will help announce the details of the largest-ever Parapan Am Games Torch Relay and open TO2015's torchbearer contest.

With this news, Canadians can enter online for their chance to be a Parapan Am torchbearer and mark their calendars with the special day that the Parapan Am flame will be in their community. TO2015 will also release a map that pinpoints the communities where the Parapan Am flame will visit.

When:	11 a.m. to noon (ET), Tuesday, April 7
Who:	Chelsey Gotell, Paralympic and Parapan Am multi-medallist and world record holder, swimming
	Saäd Rafi, chief executive officer, TO2015
Where:	CN Tower, 301 Front Street West, Toronto (main level)
Saäd Rafi and Chelsey Gotell will be available for one-on-one interviews after the announcement.

More information about the torch relay can be found at TORONTO2015.org/torch-relay.

SOURCE Toronto 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games

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