GLOBE-Net - As every Olympian knows, it’s not easy being Gold, Silver or Bronze. It’s not easy being Green either; but one year from today the first truly sustainable Olympic Games will open, and if all goes well, Canada will get top marks for delivering on the promise it made years ago to stage an event that manages the social, economic and environmental impacts and opportunities of the Games to produce lasting benefits, locally and globally. The 2010 Winter Games will also feature an unprecedented level of Aboriginal participation in the planning and hosting of an Olympic event.

International Olympic Committee president, Jacques Rogge, together with Canada’s minister for sport, Gary Lunn and British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell were on hand today in Whistler for the unveiling of the 2010 Olympic Torch and Torchbearer uniform. They were joined by the two first torchbearers selected by Olympic sponsors Coca-Cola and the Royal Bank of Canada, Patricia Moreno and Caleb Taylor.  

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