Adidas have admitted that the general manager of sports clothing retailer Intersport and the Group Product Director for Next are among a number of people carrying the torch on behalf of the company for working “in the business of sport … Continue reading →
Claire Miller at Wales Online has used data from Help Me Investigate Olympics to map Welsh torchbearers. A full interactive map is available on their article.
If adidas’s own representatives are any indication, the way to get your hands on the Olympic torch in 2012 is to be “engaged in the business of sport for a number of years”. An analysis of nomination stories on the … Continue reading →
With Nottingham punching above its weight in being the second largest source of torchbearers, I thought I’d show where Nottingham folk will be carrying the torch. The full data is available here. If you can do anything with it, let … Continue reading →
A 101-year-old former marathon runner and multiple world record holder will be the oldest man to carry the Olympic torch, according to an analysis of data on over 6,000 torchbearers. Fauja Singh announced his retirement from marathon running shortly before … Continue reading →