TORINO, 11 Feb.--Photopress AG-AsiaNet/InfoQuest Image caption for: 04365658.jpg Former olympic champions and officials, ice skater Jayne Torville, ice skater Christopher Dean, ski racer Michaela Figini, speed skater Dan Jansen, President of the Torino 2006 organizing committee Valentino Castellani, President of the International Olympic Committee Jacques Rogge, CEO of the Swatch Group Nick Hayek, President of Omega Stephen Urquhart, ski racer Marco Albarello, speed skater Bonnie Blair, ice skater Gwendal Peizerat, ice skater Marina Anissina, back row from left, speed skater Claudia Pechstein, nordic combined athlete Kenji Ogiwara, ski racer Gustav Thoeni and short track skater Lee-Kyung Chun, front row from left, pose for a photo at the start of the official Countdown to the Olympic Winter Games 2006 in Torino, Thursday, 10. February 2005 in Torino. (KEYSTONE/Olivier Maire) Image caption for: 04365663.jpg German photographer Peter Lindberg, left, talks to Stephen Urquhart, President of Swiss wachmaker Omega, right, at the start of the official Countdown to the Olympic Winter Games 2006 in Torino, Thursday, 10. February 2005 in Torino, Italy. (KEYSTONE/Olivier Maire) Image caption for: 04365664.jpg Jacques Rogge, President of the International Olympic Committee IOC, talks to the press at the start of the official Countdown to the Olympic Winter Games 2006 in Torino, Thursday, 10. February 2005 in Torino, Italy. (KEYSTONE/Olivier Maire) Image caption for: 04365655.jpg Nicolas Hayek, CEO of the Swiss watchmaker Swatch Group, poses for a photo at the start of the official Countdown to the Olympic Winter Games 2006 in Torino, Thursday, 10. February 2005 in Torino, Italy. (KEYSTONE/Olivier Maire) Image caption for: 04365670.jpg Jacques Rogge, President of the International Olympic Committee IOC, left, talks to the press, with Nick Hayek, CEO of the Swiss watchmaker Swatch Group, right, at the start of the official Countdown to the Olympic Winter Games 2006 in Torino, Thursday, 10. February 2005 in Torino, Italy. (KEYSTONE/Olivier Maire) More pictures can be found at: www.photopress.ch SOURCE: OMEGA --Distributed by AsiaNet (www.asianetnews.net)--