Apr. 7 – French police don roller blades to protect the Olympic torch relay through Paris.
Up to 3, 000 police have been drafted in amid fears of a repeat of the anti-China protests that dogged the progress of the Olympic flame through London a day earlier.
Paul Chapman reports.
Paris takes up torch-run gauntlet
questions
What does ‘take up the gauntlet’ in the title mean?
How many police were ‘drafted in’ ?
What were they protecting the Olympic torch from?
What were the Chinese officials wearing?
What were the French Police wearing?
What did they need to do at one stage to protect the torch?
How did the protesters manage to display the banner?
What 2 aspects of China’s behaviour did the protesters demonstrate against?
