Olympic Torch run and skate

[SevenD]

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[Jayems]

Calgary?

[christisdale]

I get to shoot the running on the 27th when it comes through Kamloops. should be pretty cool.

[Terry Healy]

Very nice - it looks like a great experience and you got great access. I think the skater in #3 is very promising as she went so fast the torch blew out. Hopefully you will be able to follow them to Calgary?

[SevenD]

The shots were taken at the Olympic Oval in Calgary , the woman skating with the torch is
Susan Auch ,winner of medals in three different Olympic games, I'm not sure if the flame
was completely extinguished , each of the 12,000 torches being used during the run is equipped with a dual burner system.

A huge entourage of at least 100 people was accompanying the torch, most of them were security.
The official Olympic torch photographers that accompany the torch and some press were given a loud verbal reprimand when they chose to walk out on the "fastest ice on the planet" in their street shoes so as to get to near where I was shooting from, they also ignored orders from Oval staff to not cross back across the ice , they were told they were to use the tunnel instead

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[Darsk47]

A huge entourage of at least 100 people was accompanying the torch, most of them were security.

I think that this has been the case since that idiot protester tackled the torch runner in Guelph, Ont. before Christmas.

I shot the run through my neck of the woods on Dec 16 and there was security, but not 100 of them.