Olympic Torch Bearing Enters Day 64 In London

On Saturday July 21st, the Relay will start in Greenwich Park at 7.22am and finish in Waltham Forest at 7.30pm. The Relay will travel 36.35 miles and 143 Torchbearers will carry the Flame.After starting the day in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, the Flame will travel through the London Boroughs of Newham, Tower Hamlets, Hackney and Waltham Forest.

On its journey the Flame will visit two London 2012 venues: Greenwich Park, venue for the Equestrian competition, and North Greenwich Arena, where it will be carried onto the roof by former gymnast Nadia Comaneci, who won nine Olympic gold medals in the 1976 and 1980 Games. At the top of North Greenwich Arena, Nadia will hand the Flame over to former basketball player John Amaechi.

Other Torchbearer highlights include Tessa Sanderson-White carrying the Flame in Newham. Tessa remains the only British woman ever to have won an Olympic gold medal for a throwing event, after her success in the Javelin at Los Angeles 1984.

Also carrying the Flame in Newhan is Fauja Singh, 101, from Ilford – the oldest Torchbearer in the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay. Fauja started his career as a marathon runner at the age of 89 and is a huge inspiration to runners all round the world. He has completed nine marathons and also carried the Flame when it was in London for the Athens 2004 Games.

The evening celebration is being hosted by the London Borough of Waltham Forest at Chestnuts Field, from 5pm to 8pm. Coca-Cola will bring music from Rizzle Kicks to the stage, while Lloyds TSB will stage stunning acrobatic performances and Samsung bring a dance performance from Twist and Pulse. Waltham Forest will also present entertainment from UnityUK, the amazing hip-hop dance group from Sky's Got to Dance, the amazing vocal talents of Mizz Camara and the energetic free runners Rhythm Kour Collective. Towards the end of the show, the day's last Torchbearer will light a cauldron on stage.

Olympic Torch Continues To Burn On Day 43

The Olympic Flame has been welcomed in Birmingham, Coventry and Leicester over the last three days, as the London 2012 Torch Relay continued its journey around the British Isles. Day 43 of the 70-day relay began in Derby on Saturday with Paralympian Leon Taylor, 37, passing the Flame to 22-year-old Glen Croft, who has been selected as a member of the British archery squad for London 2012. The Flame then travelled more than 79 miles, passing landmarks such as the National Memorial Arboretum and Tamworth Castle, on its way to Birmingham, with a total of 174 Torchbearers taking part, including singer Cliff Richard, gymnast Kristian Thomas and triathlete Jodie Stimpson. A free open-air concert was held in Birmingham to welcome the Flame, with pop group The Wanted headlining the event. The following day saw 157 more Torchbearers given their moment to shine as they carried the Olympic Flame, including 12-year-old Dominic Macgowan, the youngest person to take part in the relay, 2004 Olympic bronze medallist Georgina Harland and Vadsana Sinthavong, who works for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). Vadsana, who joined the WFP in 2005, helps to ensure that 152,000 pre-primary and primary school children in the poorest districts of Laos receive highly nutritious food, which encourages them to attend school and improves their concentration in class. She is also involved in a joint UNWFP-IOC project that will distribute sports kits to children in her countrythroughout the developing world. The IOC has partnered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and TOP Partner Samsung on the project, which will benefit more than 150,000 young people living in camps for refugees and internally displaced people in 20 countries throughout Asia, Africa and America. After an evening celebration in Coventry on Sunday evening, the Olympic Flame continued its journey through the Midlands on Monday, travelling over 100 miles on its way to Leicester