On 28 August the four Flames were united at the Paralympic Flame Lighting Ceremony at Stoke Mandeville ... Mandeville to the Olympic Stadium. With part of the 24 hour relay taking place overnight, the ...

"The Olympic torch relay is the moment when the Games ... The flame for the Paralympics will be lit in the British town of Stoke Mandeville and will be carried by 501 people.

The medals given out at the New York events featured a torch and the names of both Illinois – where the Games were originally supposed to be held – and New York – where the Games were eventually ...

The Olympic and Paralympic ... the relay will begin in Stoke Mandeville, England, and will end in the Place de la Concorde in Paris with the lighting of the cauldron. In an innovative and ...

ATR: And there will be no connection with the Olympic Flame and the one to be used for the Paralympics? DH: No connection at all, no. We plan to light ... Stoke Mandeville to create the Paralympic ...