2010 Olympic Torch Relay

Sunday, January 10, 2010
Kinetic Exhibition Park
Information: City of Swift Current Recreation & Parks Department (306) 778-2787

The 2010 Olympic Torch Relay will begin its 106-day Canadian journey on October 30, 2009 making its stop in Swift Current on January 10, 2010. 

Festivities to celebrate the arrival of the 2010 Torch Relay in Swift Current will be held at Kinetic Park from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

The Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Relay route will be the longest domestic Torch Relay in Olympic history, stretching over 45,000 kilometres throughout Canada. Upon its conclusion, the Olympic Flame will have been welcomed in over 1,000 communities and passed within one-hour of more than 90 percent of the entire Canadian population.

The Flame’s pan-Canadian journey will culminate on February 12, 2010 when it arrives in Vancouver for the Opening Ceremony before a global viewing audience of billions. The Olympic Winter Games will be staged in Vancouver and Whistler from February 12 to 28, 2010.

For more information on the 2010 Olympic Torch Relay, please contact the City of Swift Current Recreation and Parks Department: (306) 778-2787, or visit: www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-torch-relay.