  This is the golden torch that will be carried by the 8,000 runners on the London 2012 relay. The Olympic Flame will burn from a curved triangular aluminium tube which has a lace-like mesh complete with 8,000 holes - one to represent each torchbearer. But some critics have taken to the internet to label the design of the torch reminiscent of a 'cheese grater'. The triangular shape of the torch also symbolises the three times that London has staged the Games - 1908, 1948 and 2012. This is a special feat in Olympic history. The torch, which will carry the Olympic Flame to the London 2012 Games opening ceremony, has been created by design duo Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby. London 2012 chairman Lord Coe said: 'The torch that carries the Olympic Flame during the Olympic Torch Relay is one of the most recognisable and significant symbols of an Olympic Games. 'Members of the public right across the UK are busy nominating inspiring people to be torchbearers and I am thrilled we have a beautifully-designed, engineered and crafted torch for them to carry.” London 2012's Olympic torch relay will start on May 19 in Land's End and travel as far as the outer Hebrides. An average of 110 people a day will take centre stage by carrying the Olympic Flame on its journey around the UK before it arrives at the Olympic Stadium on July 27 for the lighting of the cauldron at the Opening Ceremony, signifying the start of the London 2012 Olympic Games. London 2012 wants half of the 8,000 torch relay runners to be aged between 12 and 24 and the rest to include people with a story of achievement or contribution to the local community. The public can nominate people for the role. 倫敦近日公布了2012年夏季奧運會的金色火炬，屆時將有八千名火炬手接力傳遞。 2012年倫敦奧運圣火將在火炬內的三面錐體鋁管內點燃，外層為花邊網狀結構，表面有八千個圓圈，代表八千名火炬手。 但某些批評人士在網上指出，這款火炬的設計類似于一個“奶酪刨絲器”。 火炬的三面錐形設計還象征著倫敦舉辦的三屆奧運會，分別在1908年、1948年和2012年，堪稱奧運歷史上的輝煌成就。 火炬設計者為愛德華•巴伯和杰•奧斯格畢。奧運火炬將把奧運圣火送到倫敦2012年奧運會開幕式。 倫敦奧組委主席科爾勛爵說：“傳遞奧運圣火的火炬是奧運會最容易認出、也最重要的標志之一。” “全英很多民眾都在積極提名卓越人士擔任火炬手，我們制作出了設計美觀、技術精湛、工藝精美的奧運火炬，對此我十分激動。” 倫敦2012年奧運火炬?zhèn)鬟f將于明年5月19日在英國最西南端的“天涯海角”開始傳遞，沿途將經過遠端的赫布里底群島等地。 火炬在英國各地傳遞的過程中，每天平均有110名火炬手接力傳遞奧運圣火?；鹁鎸⒂诿髂?月27日抵達奧林匹克體育館，屆時開幕式上的奧運圣火盆將被點燃，這標志著2012年奧運會正式開始。 2012年倫敦奧運會希望八千名火炬手中有一半人的年齡在12歲至24歲之間，其他火炬手將包括對當地社區(qū)做出成就和貢獻的人士。公眾可對奧運火炬手進行提名。 |
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