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2012 OLYMPICS: And For My Fellow Trekkies... Captain Jean-Luc Picard Runs A Leg Of The Torch Relay!
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
British Actor Patrick Stewart participates in the 2012 Olympic Torch Relay. |
British actor Sir Patrick Stewart takes his turn on the Olympic torch relay, praising the celebratory crowds. Stewart, best known as Star Trek's Captain Jean-Luc Picard, said carrying the torch through well wishers in Croydon was an experience he will 'never forget', adding that it was better than any movie premiere.
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Posted by Shelia at 5:23 AM Labels: 2012 Olympics, Croydon, Great Britain, Olympic Torch Relay, Sir Patrick Steward Email this post
2012 OLYMPICS: Four-Time Olympian Venus Williams Takes Part In Torch Relay
Andy Murray, GBR and Venus Williams, USA participate in the 2012 Olympic Torch Relay. |
Along with Britain's Andy Murray, American Venus Williams holds the Olympic Torch in the All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon Stadium where she and Andy just participated in the Wimbledon Championships. Venus may be about to become the first American tennis star to feature in four Olympics, but she intends to keep playing until the 2016 Rio Games when she will be 36.
The torch relay is on its final leg of a 70-day journey, touring the neighborhoods of host city London before being taken to the Olympic Stadium for the opening ceremony on Friday.
The torch has visited the Channel Islands, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland and gone past national landmarks like Stonehenge and Mount Snowdon.
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Posted by Shelia at 5:02 AM Labels: 2012 Olympics, All England Club, Andy Murray, Great Britain, Olympic Torch Relay, Venus Williams, Wimbledon Email this post
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