Winter Olympics Turin 2006
DESALPES Winter Olympics
Turin 2006. The symbol of the Olympic Games is ready.
And' in fact is officially introduced on January 20
to Sea Building, to Milan, the torch of the Winter
Olympic Games in Turin 2006. The Flame Olympic door
the signature of Pininfarina, Official supplier of
the TOROC, the Committee Organizer of the Games, that
in base to the accords of partnership it is responsible
of the style and of the engineering of the Torch as
well as of the production in 12.000 samples within
December 2005. Pininfarina, both for the design and
for the production, you/he/she has been placed side
by side by the direction Image and Events of the TOROC,
and therefore compatible with the principal elements
of communication of the Winter Olympic XX Giochi,
from the mark, to the concept of passion, to the graphic
format. Innovative the stylistic concept at the base
of the sketch, that introduces him as a modern reinterpretazione
of the traditional torch in wood: the flame therefore
it winds the body of the torch, rather than to go
out of a hole place on his/her summit, as it happened
in the past editions. technologically orchestrate
advanced, the torch has been projected in base to
precise criterions and requisite; tall 770 mms, with
a diameter of 105 mms and a weight of 1,850 kgs, he
is not able in fact to relight, must not go off also
in case of adverse climatic conditions as rain, snow
and wind and the fire that it emits, of the autonomy
of 15 minutes, you/he/she must not overcome a height
of 10 centimeters. As it regards the used materials,
the external hull is realized in aluminum, the inside
equipment in steel, copper and tecnopolimeri while
the superficial finish foresees a resistant special
painting to the tall temperatures. The Trip of the
Olympic Flame, that will cross the whole national
territory, will have beginning from Rome December
8 th 2005, to arrive, through the run of 10.000 tedoforis,
to Turin February 10 th 2006, on the occasion of the
inauguration of the Winter Olympic XX Giochi. The
first tedoforo that will bring the symbol for excellence
of the Olympiads, will be Stephen Baldini, gold medal
in the marathon to the Olympic Games in Athens 2004.
Winter Olympics Turin 2006. They are Snow and Gliz,
the mascot of the future Games in Turin 2006: the
most original couple of the history of the Olympiads.
You, soft, nice and elegant little ball of snow. Him,
die of vivacious and playful ice. Snow and Gliz evoke
in the forms of their bodies and in their names the
two essential elements for the carrying out of the
winter disciplines: the snow and the ice. Together
they synthesize the best of the Italian and Olympic
values: friendship Winter Olympics Turin 2006
and enthusiasm, loyalty and fun, design and ability
to innovate. The Mascot of the Winter Olympiads of
Turin 2006 damage life to the dream and to the challenge
of a rich planetary event of values universally recognized.
Olimpiadi Torino
2006
