Oops! Olympic Torch Briefly Extinguished During White Water Rafting Ride
- Posted on July 8, 2012 at 1:49pm by
Madeleine Morgenstern
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The Olympic torch was briefly extinguished Saturday during a ride down a white water rafting course. (Image source: The Daily Mail)
The Olympic torch was splashed out briefly Saturday during a trip around a white water rafting course in the London area.
According to the Telegraph, 20-year-old British junior team canoeist Zachary Franklin held the torch aloft during a ride on the slalom course at the Lee Valley White Water Center. He “kept the flame well away from the water” until the speed and splashing evidently proved too much.
Image source: The Daily Mail
The torch was relit by a backup flame once it was back on dry land.
“It is not uncommon for a flame to go out and this can happen for a number of reasons,” a London Olympic organizing committee spokesman said, according to the Daily Mail. “In this instance it was due to water being splashed into the boat from the slalom course. It was relit from the mother flame, which is kept in a specially designed miners’ lantern and successfully taken down the course on the second attempt.”
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AChatterer
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 3:56amYou cant fix stupid.
Report Post »go2gym
Posted on July 8, 2012 at 10:50pmSo they carried the torch white water rafting. Yea, no chance it water could extinguish it.
Report Post »MisterHomebiz
Posted on July 8, 2012 at 4:59pmMust take a lot of electricity to run the pumps to create this artifical kayak course. I feel sorry for the peope of London. Can you imagine the crowds, traffic jams, security? Best thing to do–spend a couple weeks out of town!
Report Post »rickc34
Posted on July 8, 2012 at 6:37pmwhat do you mean it goes out if it gets wet?
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on July 8, 2012 at 4:42pmGreece is Bankrupt; the Flame went out bring it to the Games; noe snuffed out, again; and the Omens Read: THE GODs ARE ANGRY!
Report Post »historyguy48
Posted on July 8, 2012 at 7:35pmComrade, communists believe only in the teachings of Karl Marx, so do you mean Mr. Marx is angry? After all, he is their God!
Report Post »Ianb1122
Posted on July 8, 2012 at 4:34pmThey got the bail out! Guess the flame is too big to fail.
Report Post »LeadNotFollow
Posted on July 8, 2012 at 4:07pm…
Report Post »The Olympics has lost it’s true meaning and purpose.
All the political correctness and corruption has ruined the games.
For the first time in my life, I will not be watching.
MisterHomebiz
Posted on July 8, 2012 at 4:56pmMe either. Reading and commenting on this article is about the extent of my Olympic viewing plans.
Report Post »TheBurningTruth
Posted on July 8, 2012 at 7:11pmWhat took you so long? I gave up on the Polympics 40 years ago when the whole Eastern Bloc used to vote AGAINST western countries instead of FOR the best Athlete. Remember Beijing Polympics where a 13 year old got to compete? Oh, the Polympic committee researched and researched while the Polypmics finished, and then the committee just “let it go”. Remember the athlete’s website data mysteriously changing or vanishing?
Report Post »barber2
Posted on July 8, 2012 at 3:02pmThe International Left and their Obama pals over here : clueless, naive, spend- thrifts who still haven’t figured out the goals of the Muslim Brotherhood, the chances of buying peace in Afghanistan with our tax dollars, and the potential difficulties of carrying a torch on a white water rafting show. Double Duh.
Report Post »DoomsdayProphet
Posted on July 8, 2012 at 2:30pmThe clowns cannot run the Olympics properly, yet we want to base our financial and social programs after them?
Report Post »rickc34
Posted on July 8, 2012 at 2:26pmNot the brightest books on the shelf.
Report Post »myway
Posted on July 8, 2012 at 2:24pmGo back to GO! Bungee Jumping should be next, then sky diving. They should have contacted Mr ZIPPO he could have made it wind and water proof. Made in America…
Report Post »The_Almighty_Creestof
Posted on July 8, 2012 at 2:01pmThey’ve made a complete joke out of what the torch run means…very sad.
Report Post »right-wing-waco
Posted on July 8, 2012 at 2:10pmHow stupid can anyone get to take the torch on a water ride. How about taking it over Niagara Falls in a barrel next? Duhhhhhhh!
Report Post »Anti_Spock
Posted on July 8, 2012 at 2:21pmCan someone say ‘Predictable?”
If you gave these clowns an ice cube they would wonder why it melted while asbestos-rafting on a lava flow.
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on July 8, 2012 at 1:59pmOminous omen for the U.K.
Report Post »Mikes MuuMuus - Home of the Big Boy Burqa
Posted on July 8, 2012 at 2:27pmI agree. Omen was my very first thought.
Report Post »Isn’t Scuba-Diving going to be an event soon? Maybe they’ll take the Olympic Flame “underwater” on the road trip to the next Olympic games. If it comes to the USA, that will somehow seem appropriate.
kickagrandma
Posted on July 8, 2012 at 3:21pmMy first thought, too.
Report Post »trinklefinder
Posted on July 8, 2012 at 1:57pmwhose idea was it to send the torch on a white water rafting trip. d’oh! clearly not one of their finer moments.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on July 8, 2012 at 2:04pmA moron .. obviously .. ;-)
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