Media Advisory (reissue): Canadian delegation heading to Greece for Olympic
Flame handover on Wednesday, October 28; handover in Athens, Greece on
Thursday, October 29
Oct 24, 2009, 16:21 ET
The handover in
The 106-day
Canadian Delegation Send-off in Vancouver, BC: October 27 --------------------------------------------------------- When: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 9:30 pm media availability (Pacific Time) (Flight departs at approximately 12:30 am, October 28, 2009) Where: The Spirit of Haida Gwaii, The Jade Canoe bronze sculpture Entrance of the international terminal departures level Vancouver International Airport Richmond, BC Who: John Furlong, VANOC CEO Gary Lunn, Minister of State (Sport), Government of Canada Mary McNeil, Minister of State (Olympics), Province of British Columbia Ken Melamed, mayor of Whistler Olympic Flame Handover Ceremony in Athens, Greece: October 29 ------------------------------------------------------------- The final torchbearer in the Greek portion of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Relay, which runs from October 22 to October 29, will be Nikki Georgiadis, a Greek Canadian figure skater. The resident of Pickering, ON, is an Olympic hopeful in ice dance. For the handover, Georgiadis will bring the Olympic Flame into Panathinaiko Stadium where the Hellenic Olympic Committee will entrust the flame to Canadian officials. When: October 29, 2009 6:00 pm EEST (Eastern European Summer Time) Where: Panathinaiko Stadium Athens, Greece Delegates participating: Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada Renata Wielgosz, Canada's ambassador to Greece Gary Lunn, Minister of State (Sport), Government of Canada Colin Hansen, deputy premier of British Columbia Mary McNeil, Minister of State (Olympics), Province of British Columbia Gregor Robertson, mayor of Vancouver Ken Melamed, mayor of Whistler John Furlong, VANOC Chief Executive Officer Pool Video Footage: Broadcasters interested in accessing the pool of video footage should contact: Irini Karamani, ERT, at +302.210.607255 or +306.979.981172. The ceremony will be available to broadcasters through Eurovision and information is available at www.eurovision.net. Still images: There will be images from the handover ceremony posted to www.vancouver2010.com/flame
For further information: Media Contacts: VANOC contact (Greece): Suzanne Walters, Vancouver 2010 Torch Relay Team, Tel: (778) 327-8723, E-mail: [email protected]; VANOC contact (Vancouver): Chris Shauf, Vancouver 2010 Torch Relay Team, Tel: (778) 835-7894, E-mail: [email protected]; Tassos Pappachristou (Greece), Hellenic Olympic Committee, E-mail : [email protected]
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