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Olympic torch to make Welsh tour for first time Olympic torch to make Welsh tour for first time
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The Olympic torch will be carried through Wales for the first time next year, it has been announced.The Olympic torch will be carried through Wales for the first time next year, it has been announced.
The torch relay will stop overnight at Cardiff, Swansea, Aberystwyth and Bangor as part of its route around the UK in 2012.The torch relay will stop overnight at Cardiff, Swansea, Aberystwyth and Bangor as part of its route around the UK in 2012.
After starting in Land's End, its eighth stop and its Welsh debut will be in Cardiff on Friday 25 May, 2012.After starting in Land's End, its eighth stop and its Welsh debut will be in Cardiff on Friday 25 May, 2012.
Olympic runners have not carried the torch in Wales before as it was not on the route of the 1948 London games. About 500 runners will carry the torch on its celebratory route across Wales.
Paralympian Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson called the announcement "really exciting".Paralympian Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson called the announcement "really exciting".
Dame Tanni is Britain's most successful Paralympian, with 11 Olympic golds for wheelchair racing, as well as seven golds in World Championships.Dame Tanni is Britain's most successful Paralympian, with 11 Olympic golds for wheelchair racing, as well as seven golds in World Championships.
She carried the Olympic torch before the paralympics in Beijing.She carried the Olympic torch before the paralympics in Beijing.
"It is a moment to shine for those given the honour of carrying the torch," she said."It is a moment to shine for those given the honour of carrying the torch," she said.
The exact route of the Welsh leg of the 2012 relay has yet to be confirmed, along with the runners who will carry it.The exact route of the Welsh leg of the 2012 relay has yet to be confirmed, along with the runners who will carry it.
Around 8,000 people are needed to carry the torch, and nominations to do that open at 1100 BST on Wednesday. Around 8,000 people are needed to carry the torch in all, and nominations to do that open at 1100 BST on Wednesday.
Dame Tanni said the games were not just for London, and the torch route would take it "within an hour's drive of nearly the whole of the UK".Dame Tanni said the games were not just for London, and the torch route would take it "within an hour's drive of nearly the whole of the UK".
"The Olympics is the best sporting spectacle on our home soil in our lifetime," she said."The Olympics is the best sporting spectacle on our home soil in our lifetime," she said.
"This country is really good at organising things and the torch is a way that people can get involved," she added."This country is really good at organising things and the torch is a way that people can get involved," she added.
London 2012 chairman Lord Coe has outlined a UK route of more than 70 stops, including the four in Wales.London 2012 chairman Lord Coe has outlined a UK route of more than 70 stops, including the four in Wales.
Each day the torch is in Wales will end in an evening celebration at its host town or city.Each day the torch is in Wales will end in an evening celebration at its host town or city.
From Cardiff, the 2012 Olympic torch relay will head west to spend the night of Saturday 26 May next year in Swansea.From Cardiff, the 2012 Olympic torch relay will head west to spend the night of Saturday 26 May next year in Swansea.
The following day, runners will carry the torch north to Aberystwyth, Ceredigion.The following day, runners will carry the torch north to Aberystwyth, Ceredigion.
Keith Evans, leader of Ceredigion Council, said he was delighted the torch will stop in the heart of mid Wales.Keith Evans, leader of Ceredigion Council, said he was delighted the torch will stop in the heart of mid Wales.
There was a more cautious welcome from Megan Turner, 15, a member of Aberystwyth Running Club, which trains at a track an hour-and-a-quarter away at Carmarthen.There was a more cautious welcome from Megan Turner, 15, a member of Aberystwyth Running Club, which trains at a track an hour-and-a-quarter away at Carmarthen.
She said she was quite supportive of the torch visit because of the "glory" it brings to sports.She said she was quite supportive of the torch visit because of the "glory" it brings to sports.
500 fortunate individuals
But she added: "The Olympics has taken away from sports at grass roots level... money has been spent on the games instead of local clubs."But she added: "The Olympics has taken away from sports at grass roots level... money has been spent on the games instead of local clubs."
The final full day of the torch's Wales tour will see it taken to Bangor, Gwynedd, on Monday 28 May.The final full day of the torch's Wales tour will see it taken to Bangor, Gwynedd, on Monday 28 May.
The next day, torch bearers will run across north Wales as the Olympic flame is carried out of Wales to Chester. Arthur Emyr, head of major events with the Welsh Government, described the Olympics as the "biggest event in peacetime in the world".
However, Wales does have some previous connections with the Olympic flame. He said when the torch travels through Wales the atmosphere will be "celebratory, with about 500 fortunate individuals, young people between the ages of 12 and 24 years of age taking part".
They include Cardiff-born Colin Jackson, who won a silver medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. On Tuesday 29 May, 2012, torch bearers will run across north Wales as the Olympic flame is carried out of Wales to Chester.
He was one of the bearers when the torch route for 2004 Athens games included London. Cardiff-born hurdler Colin Jackson, who won a silver medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, was a bearer when the torch route for 2004 Athens games included London.