Final Day - international OTR
The final flight was this morning one year ago from Nicosia, Cyprus into Iraklion on the island of Crete in Greece. We've returned the flame to its home country and completed the international leg of the first ever global Olympic Torch Relay. Everyone was elated. Mrs. 2004 -- Gianna Angelopoulou -- was on the flight and graciously came around to congratulate us all. It is bittersweet to think that this journey is complete. There are many that say that it will never again be tried. I think that the Olympic Movement will aspire to bring the flame to everyone on the globe once again at some point. However one thing is certain -- we were the first. Others may follow in our footsteps, but we were the pioneers. We've put our stamp on Olympic history and for that you should be proud. Congratulations. Until the next OTR, best regards from me.- Petro Kacur
posted by Petro @ 6:36 PM
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