2008 Summer Olympics torch relay
The noted Indian social activist and a retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Kiran Bedi refused to participate saying "she doesn’t want to run in the event as ‘caged woman’." On April 15, Bollywood actress Soha Ali Khan pulled out of the Olympic torch relay, citing “very strong personal reasons”. On April 16, a protest was organised in Delhi "against Chinese repression in Tibet", and was broken up by the police.
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2013 Indian Open
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Indian Echo Caverns
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National Museum of Natural History
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2008 Summer Olympics torch relay
After being lit at the birthplace of the Olympic Games in Olympia, Greece on March 24, the torch traveled to the Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens, and then to Beijing, arriving on March 31. From Beijing, the torch was following a route passing through six continents. The torch has visited cities along the Silk Road, symbolizing ancient links between China and the rest of the world. The relay also included an ascent with the flame to the top of Mount Everest on the border of Nepal and Tibet, China from the Chinese side, which was closed specially for the event.
2008 Summer Olympics torch relay
India rejected Chinese demands that the torch route be clear of India's 150,000-strong Tibetan exile community, by which they required a ban on congregation near the curtailed 3 km route. In response Indian officials said India was a democracy, and "a wholesale ban on protests was out of the question". Contradicting some other reports, Indian officials also refused permission to the "Olympic Holy Flame Protection Unit". The combined effect is a "rapid deterioration" of relations between India and China. Meanwhile, the Tibetan government in exile, which is based in India, has stated that it did not support the disruption of the Olympic torch relay.
2008 Summer Olympics torch relay
India: Due to concerns about pro-Tibet protests, the relay through New Delhi on April 17 was cut to just 2.3 km (less than 1.5 miles), which was shared amongst 70 runners. It concluded at the India Gate. The event was peaceful due to the public not being allowed at the relay. A total of five intended torchbearers -Kiran Bedi, Soha Ali Khan, Sachin Tendulkar, Bhaichung Bhutia and Sunil Gavaskar- withdrew from the event, citing "personal reasons", or, in Bhutia's case, explicitly wishing to "stand by the people of Tibet and their struggle" and protest against the PRC "crackdown" in Tibet. Indian national football captain, Baichung Bhutia refused to take part in the Indian leg of the torch relay, citing concerns over Tibet. Bhutia, who is Sikkimese, is the first athlete to refuse to run with the torch. Indian film star Aamir Khan states on his personal blog that the "Olympic Games do not belong to China" and confirms taking part in the torch relay "with a prayer in his heart for the people of Tibet, and ... for all people across the world who are victims of human rights violations". Rahul Gandhi, son of the Congress President Sonia Gandhi and scion of the Nehru-Gandhi family, also refused to carry the torch.
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Rank Player Speed Event Georgina Garcia Pérez 220.0 km / h (136.7 mph) 2018 Hungarian Ladies Open Sabine Lisicki 210.8 km / h (131.0 mph) 2014 Stanford Classic Venus Williams 207.6 km / h (129.0 mph) 2007 US Open Ivana Jorović 207.0 km / h (128.6 mph) 2017 Fed Cup Serena Williams 207 km / h (129 mph) 2013 Australian Open 6 Julia Görges 203.0 km / h (126.1 mph) 2012 French Open Caroline Garcia 2016 Fed Cup 8 Brenda Schultz - McCarthy 202.7 km / h (126.0 mph) 2007 Indian Wells Masters 9 Nadiya Kichenok 202.0 km / h (125.5 mph) 2014 Australian Open 10 Lucie Hradecká 201.2 km / h (125.0 mph) 2015 Wimbledon Naomi Osaka 2016 US Open 12 Anna - Lena Grönefeld 201.1 km / h (125.0 mph) 2009 Indian Wells Masters 13 Ana Ivanovic 201.0 km / h (124.9 mph) 2007 French Open Denisa Allertová 2015 Australian Open 15 Kristina Mladenovic 200.0 km / h (124.3 mph) 2009 French Open
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2008 Summer Olympics torch relay
In many cities along the North American and European route, the torch relay was protested by advocates of Tibetan independence, animal rights, and legal online gambling, and people protesting against China's human rights record, resulting in confrontations at a few of the relay locations. These protests, which ranged from hundreds of people in San Francisco, to effectively none in Pyongyang, forced the path of the torch relay to be changed or shortened on a number of occasions. The torch was extinguished by Chinese security officials several times during the Paris leg for security reasons, and once in protest in Paris.
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when did the torch visit the location of the 2013 Indian Open?
2013 Indian Open >> location
New Delhi
When did the torch visit #1 ?
April 17