Youth Olympic Flame has arrived in Singapore
The flame enclosed in a lantern arrived today at Changi Airport. Tomorrow, President SR Nathan will light a cauldron in an official Welcome Ceremony at NUS.
Singapore Youth Olympic Games 2010 Torch arrives in Manakau, Auckland – welcomed in traditional Powhiri ceremony
Young Maori teenagers put up a moving and meaningful ceremony for everyone present, including the Governor-General of New Zealand Sir Anand Satyanand. It was a wonderful demonstration of the importance of knowing your roots, reaffirming your values and being able to do so while appreciating and welcoming people from different cultures with respect and grace.
Sports – the celebration of the apex of human performance – only makes sense when we start off by acknowledging our common humanity. If we can use the YOG to transmit this message to young people, then all our efforts would have been worthwhile.
Auspicious lighting of the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games Torch at Ancient Olympia on 23 July 2010
It was an incredible ceremony as the rays of the very hot sun lit the YOG Torch. Hard to imagine that this tradition started more than 2,500 years ago.
We were all very proud to watch the Singapore Flag flying high in Ancient Olympia – birthplace of the Olympics.
