2010 torch passes 1976 Olympic stadium in Montreal

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2010 torch passes 1976 Olympic stadium in Montreal

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10 December,2009 10:34 am

The past and future of Canada's Olympic Games got together this morning in Montreal.The torch for the 2010 games was carried past the site of the 1976 Summer Olympics. Short-track speedskater Jean-Francois Monette carried the flame past the city's Olympic Stadium, site of the 1976 Games and longtime home to baseball's now-defunct Montreal Expos.It was a surreal scene. The city's first snowstorm of the season, combined with howling winds, made it seem like the stadium's famous tower was shrouded in a tornado of white dust.The 1976 Games were the first time Canada hosted the Olympics; Calgary was the second, in 1988, and Vancouver will be the third.