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Brazil unveils Rio 2016 Olympic flame
Brasilia: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has vowed Rio 2016 will be a “historic” event after unveiling the Olympic torch.
The torch relay will begin at the Games’ birthplace in Olympia, Greece, before embarking on its tour of Brazil in May 2016, reported a news agency.
White with blue and green waves inset in its upper half, the torch will start its Brazil journey in the capital Brasilia before traversing 300 cities across the country.
It will culminate on August 5 with the lighting of the the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony at the Maracana stadium.
“We are confident that we can meet the challenge before us. We will put on a historic Olympics,” Rousseff said on Friday.
“I am sure that the Olympics will be a symbolic moment for us. We will show what this country is made of.”
About 12,000 torchbearers are expected to participate in the relay across 20,000 km of Brazilian roads.
According to Rio 2016 president Carlos Nuzman, the route was designed to reach as many people as possible.
“We want to show the world the chemistry that we believe will be born when the Olympic flame meets the warmth of the Brazilian people,” he said.
The Rio Games, to be held from August 5 to 21 next year, will be the first Olympics in South America.
The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.
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