2002 Olympics gallery: Torch relay through Utah

Steve Griffin | Tribune file photo
Fans lean over a rope, eager to get a photo as a torchbearer approaches in Richfield.

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Torchbearer Leonard Moon is brimming with excitement as he runs through a crowd of fans on Main Street in Manti.

Steve Griffin | Tribune file photo
Kids run past the Aladdin Theatre in Parowan as they await the arrival of the torch.

Trent Nelson | Tribune file photo
Firefighters hold a giant American flag at Eccles Coliseum as the torch arrives in Cedar City.

Trent Nelson | Tribune file photo
Children from Belknap Elementary School in Beaver chant

Trent Nelson | Tribune file photo
Citizens enjoy an up-close view as the torch arrives in Beaver, where a small ceremony and balloon-release at Beaver High School commemorated the occasion.

Trent Nelson | Tribune file photo
Stephanie Laree Spann carries the torch from Delicate Arch in Arches National Park, following a sunrise ceremony and blessing performed by her grandfather, Frank Arrowchis, a member of the Whiteriver band of the Northern Ute Indian Tribe.

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Frank Arrowchis, a member of the Whiteriver band of the Northern Ute Indian Tribe, performs a blessing during a sunrise ceremony to greet the torch in Utah. Arrowchis then handed to torch to his 16-year-old granddaughter, Stephanie Laree Spann.

Steve Griffin | Tribune file photo
An emotional James Walker of Moab holds the torch high as he starts his leg of the torch relay in his hometown.

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Legendary distance runner Billy Mills runs the Olympic torch up the final hill to light a cauldron at Monument Valley in the Navajo Tribal Park at the Utah-Arizona state line. Mills shockingly won the 10,000 meters at the 1964 Tokyo Games, becoming the only Native American to win an Olympic gold medal.

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Massess of people, mostly Navajo, crowd around Willfred Billey, right, a Navajo code talker from Farmington, N.M., as he lights the Olympic torch of legendary runner. An estimated 10,000 fans attended the run through Monument Valley in the Navajo Tribal Park.

Leah Hogsten | Tribune file photo
Omaha Nation dancer Michael Walker and members of the Allen Canyon Utes welcomed members of the U.S. Olympic Team to the Olympic Village with traditional Native American dances.

Leah Hogsten | Tribune file photo
Biathlete Andrea Nahrgang, center, coach William Tavares, left, and doctor Ed Merrens listen to the playing of the national anthem as members of the U.S. Olympic Team are greeted at the Olympic Village.

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Orem's Donley Despain, left, helps hold the torch with Parowan's Carol Wright, a 93-year-old cousin of Utah's first gold medalist, Alma W. Richards. Wright carried the Olympic flame to Richards' boyhood home during the celebration in Parowan.

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Moab's Julie Mueller is all smiles as she carries the torch through her hometown.

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Steve Griffin | Tribune file photo Fans lean over a rope, eager to get a photo as a torchbearer approaches in Richfield. Trent Nelson | Tribune file photo Torchbearer Leonard Moon is brimming with excitement as he runs through a crowd of fans on Main Street in Manti. Steve Griffin | Tribune file photo Kids run past the Aladdin Theatre in Parowan as they await the arrival of the torch. Trent Nelson | Tribune file photo Firefighters hold a giant American flag at Eccles Coliseum as the torch arrives in Cedar City. Trent Nelson | Tribune file photo Children from Belknap Elementary School in Beaver chant "U-S-A!" and wave flags as they watch the torch make its way down Main Street. Trent Nelson | Tribune file photo Citizens enjoy an up-close view as the torch arrives in Beaver, where a small ceremony and balloon-release at Beaver High School commemorated the occasion. Trent Nelson | Tribune file photo Stephanie Laree Spann carries the torch from Delicate Arch in Arches National Park, following a sunrise ceremony and blessing performed by her grandfather, Frank Arrowchis, a member of the Whiteriver band of the Northern Ute Indian Tribe. Trent Nelson | Tribune file photo Frank Arrowchis, a member of the Whiteriver band of the Northern Ute Indian Tribe, performs a blessing during a sunrise ceremony to greet the torch in Utah. Arrowchis then handed to torch to his 16-year-old granddaughter, Stephanie Laree Spann. Steve Griffin | Tribune file photo An emotional James Walker of Moab holds the torch high as he starts his leg of the torch relay in his hometown. Al Hartmann | Tribune file photo Legendary distance runner Billy Mills runs the Olympic torch up the final hill to light a cauldron at Monument Valley in the Navajo Tribal Park at the Utah-Arizona state line. Mills shockingly won the 10,000 meters at the 1964 Tokyo Games, becoming the only Native American to win an Olympic gold medal. Al Hartmann | Tribune file photo Massess of people, mostly Navajo, crowd around Willfred Billey, right, a Navajo code talker from Farmington, N.M., as he lights the Olympic torch of legendary runner. An estimated 10,000 fans attended the run through Monument Valley in the Navajo Tribal Park. Leah Hogsten | Tribune file photo Omaha Nation dancer Michael Walker and members of the Allen Canyon Utes welcomed members of the U.S. Olympic Team to the Olympic Village with traditional Native American dances. Leah Hogsten | Tribune file photo Biathlete Andrea Nahrgang, center, coach William Tavares, left, and doctor Ed Merrens listen to the playing of the national anthem as members of the U.S. Olympic Team are greeted at the Olympic Village. Thomas Burr | Tribune file photo Orem's Donley Despain, left, helps hold the torch with Parowan's Carol Wright, a 93-year-old cousin of Utah's first gold medalist, Alma W. Richards. Wright carried the Olympic flame to Richards' boyhood home during the celebration in Parowan. Steve Griffin | Tribune file photo Moab's Julie Mueller is all smiles as she carries the torch through her hometown.

The Salt Lake Tribune

· February 3, 2012 2:13 pm

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The Tribune relives the heady days of the 2002 Winters Olympics in pictures — with a daily gallery from the torch relay to the Opening Ceremony, from Team USA's medal haul to the fireworks-filled finale.

Feb. 5 • With just days before the opening of the 2002 Salt Lake Olympics, the Olympic flame continues to make its way toward Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City. Torchbearers carry the flame from St. George to Provo, passing through many smaller Utah communities along the way on the day after the flame journeyed through Utah's Canyon Country. Ultimately, the flame will have traveled some 13,500 miles from Olympia, Greece, where it was first lit on Nov. 19, 2001.