Tag: Olympic torch
Jaguar used in Olympic torch event killed in Brazil
A jaguar that was forced to be a prop at an Olympic torch-lighting ceremony was shot and killed by a soldier shortly after the event in Manaus as the wild animal escaped from its handlers.
Age is just a number: 106-year-old becomes oldest Olympic torchbearer
106-year-old Aida Gemanque broke the record becoming the oldest Olympic torch bearer. She carried the flame in the Amazonian city of Macapa, Brazil on Saturday, 19th June.
