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Article: Coca-Cola presents Los Angeles with Olympic Torch Relay flag; local preparations launched for arrival of Olympic Flame on way to 1996 Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta.
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- Business Wire
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- July 24, 1995
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LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 24, 1994--(361 days to Opening Ceremony)--Local officials Monday celebrated the news that the 1996 Olympic Torch Relay will begin in Los Angeles by raising the official Olympic Torch Relay flag, presented by Coca-Cola in a ceremony at the Los Angeles Coliseum, site of the 1932 and 1984 Olympics.
Los Angeles was officially named as the starting point for the U.S. Olympic Torch Relay route on Sunday. The city now begins planning about nine months in advance of the arrival of the Olympic Flame, the most recognized symbol of the Olympic Movement. Expected start for the 1996 Olympic Torch Relay is April 27, 1996.
Los Angeles ...