Our newest Olympic Torch
Yesterday I had the honor of introducing Olympian Sergey Bubka at the World of
Mr. Bubka is the 1988 Olympic gold medalist and the current world record-holder in pole vaulting with 6.15 meters. (That’s more than 20 feet!) His record has stood for almost 15 years.
He’s also a member of the International Olympic Committee and President of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine.
We were thrilled that Mr. Bubka could help us install our latest piece into the World of
Since World of
My name is Phil Mooney, and I've served as the historian/archivist for 
The Beijing torch looks great (and so does Phil)! It's much better looking than some of the earlier ones.
Posted by: littlered10 | October 16, 2008 at 05:23 PM
The actual process of lighting the torch is remarkable - the sun's rays are concentrated by a parabolic mirror (right), during a ceremony performed by eleven women representing priestesses. This followed by an elaborate ceremony that ultimately lights the official Olympic torch. A short (4 minutes) highlight video of some moments from the ceremony is shown below, for those wishing China torch.
Posted by: Alex Gray | December 11, 2009 at 02:18 AM