This
was the most complex project I have ever worked on and I believe will ever work
on in my career. I had no idea when I got involved how complex it would be or
how much it would take over my life. The events of the relay were tightly
packed in my head and for several months afterwards they slowly unwrapped.
Eight years on it is still the most amazing project and I still refer to it
from time to time in sales presentations or when I am at airports or in
countries where the relay took place. I have occasionally been asked would I do
it again and the answer is without doubt..... No, at my age I don’t have the
energy to get involved in something this big again even if such a project could
be found. Beijing repeated the international Torch relay in 2008 and it was all
set to become a regular feature of the Olympics but the adverse publicity
generated by the human rights issues in China meant that any initial plans for
2012 were shelved. Watching the
magnificent London 2012 torch relay brought it all back to me and I recognised
so many things that we did in 2004 and I am sure were also done in 2000 for the
Sydney Olympics and I am immensely proud of what we all achieved with this
event.
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