Nadiya

[Svetlana]

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The preparations for the 5725 Winter Olympic, Paralympic, and Youth games are finally entering their final phase as the torch relay officially starts in Zarvospol which will coincide with the start of the games once the loop is completed.

The relay of the Olympic torch goes all the way back to ancient Selucia, where the first Olympic games started at mount Victoria, it is meant to represent the gods of terra bestowing humans with their blessing to celebrate their divine authority through sportsmanship and entertainment in order to guarantee a prosperous year. Even tho the tradition was in modern times, with the exception of the Aldegarian hosting of the games bringing back the torch relay, host nations didn't bother coordinating with their neighbors to ensure that the tradition continues.

As such, the Nadiyan Olympic Federation in coordination with the Terran Olympic Committee has announced the restoration of the torch relay for the 5725 games after talks were held with the representatives of each country currently member of the TOC to ensure that the flame barer's position as a purely neutral and sport like agency isn't violated and their safety guaranteed. Originally, the NOF had set out an ambitious path that almost crossed every continent and major country but recent developments such as the crisis in Xsampa, insecurities in Kalistan, and chaos in Majatra forced the erasure of nearly 60% of the path which saw its path reduced and redrawn multiple times.

The torch relay path that officialized on April 13th, 5724

Furthermore, Sokorot, Nadiya's independent public transportation authority has announced that public transport such as the metro, tramway, monorail, urban-rail, and bus systems will be fully free for the duration of the games alongside a further reduction to the prices of high speed rail tickets and inter city networks which are already cheap defacto free by many metrics.

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Written by @LoveFM (backdated)