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DEBRIEFING: Rio 2016™ president gets a piece of the London Games' Olympic pyre

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Souvenir of the 2012 Games was delivered by Sebastian Coe during the debriefing of the latest edition of the Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games

DEBRIEFING: Rio 2016™ president gets a piece of the London Games' Olympic pyre

Sebastian Coe handed part of the London Games olympic pyre in the hands of the Rio 2016 president (Rio 2016™)

The Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games Organising Committee will have a piece of the  London 2012 Games to provide inspiration during the cycle before the completion of the first games in South America. The olympic pyre from the London Games were dismembered to be delivered to Olympic Committees leaders who participated in the competitions.

This Sunday, the chairman of LOCOG and the British Olympic Association, Sebatian Coe, gave part of the artifact in the hands of the President of Rio 2016™, Carlos Arthur Nuzman, during the official IOC Debriefing of the London Games.