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Champions to carry the Olympic Torch

Samsung who is one of the main sponsors of the Torino Games, introduced some of their torch bearers today, which includes some great former athletes.
The Italian basket player Dino Meneghin, the Austrian skier Franz Klammer, the first Chinese Olympic medalist in figure skating Lu Chen and from Poland Robert Korzeniowski, three times race walker Olympic champion. They'll be four of the over 10.000 torch bearers in the relay which will start in Rome 8 December and reach the opening ceremony in Torino on the 10th February, after having crossed the Italian peninsula.

Category: General
Posted 09/09/05 by: Andersen

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