What course will the runners of the 2002 Olympic Torch Relay follow?
The Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Torch Relay, led by cyclist Lance Armstrong, starts on December 4, 2001, in Atlanta, Georgia, where the torch last burned for the 1996 Olympic Games. The torch, carried by more than 11,000 torchbearers, will travel over 13,500 miles through 125 cities in 46 states. It will arrive in Salt Lake City, Utah, on February, 8, 2002, for the start of the Winter Games. The official 2002 Winter Games site was unavailable when we searched on Yahoo! for the “2002 olympic torch relay,” but web page matches led us to abundant information from sponsors Coke and Chevy, as well as news stories from a variety of local sources. We learned that the application deadline had just passed for nominating inspirational individuals as torchbea
