PARIS: The Olympic torch has been into space, deep underwater and even scaled Mount Everest. Along the way it has had its fair share of mishaps. As Paris prepares to unveil the rout
Along the way it has had its fair share of mishaps.prepares to unveil the route for the 2024 torch relay, AFP looks back at some of the headline moments of the event, first run ahead of the Berlin Olympics in 1936.One of the most memorable stunts during the torch relay came in 1956 ahead of the Melbourne Games when an Australian student named Barry Larkin fooled crowds with a homemade torch topped by burning underpants.
The university student even arranged his own fake motorcycle escort but genuine police outriders soon caught up with him.A 17-year-old jaguar named Juma was paraded in chains for photos as the torch passed through the Amazon in northern Brazil ahead of the Rio Games in 2016.After it threatened a vet, soldiers opened fire on the jaguar and shot dead the animal, a symbol of the Amazon.
The torch relay has been the target of several protests, most notably during the run-up to Beijing 2008 as demonstrators took China to task over its Tibet policy. In Japan, monks at an ancient Buddhist temple pulled out of hosting a torch ceremony because of the Chinese crackdown in Tibet.to limit the risk of COVID-19 infection when the Games finally got underway in 2021 after a year's delay.
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