Controversy erupts over auctioned Olympic torch

[Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters]

Pyrros Dimas, the legendary Greek weightlifter and four-time Olympic champion, precocious appeared connected the TV amusement “Cash oregon Trash,” where helium auctioned the Olympic torch helium carried arsenic the past torchbearer astatine the Panathenaic Stadium earlier the London 2012 Olympic Games.

The torch was sold for 10,200 euros, and Dimas donated the proceeds to SOS Children’s Villages. However, this enactment stirred a strong absorption from the Hellenic Olympic Committee (EOC).

The EOC sent a missive expressing disapproval, stating that utilizing the Olympic torch for promotion, advertizing oregon commercialization goes against the principles of the Olympic Movement.

They acknowledged Dimas’ status arsenic a nationalist relation exemplary and the charitable volition down the auction, but criticized the commercialization aspect.

Dimas defended his determination by emphasizing the charitable quality of the auction and his volition to support a bully cause.