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Pakistan torch relay a fiery success

Updated：2008-04-17
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Jahangir Khan, the last torchbearer in Islamabad, Pakistan, lights the waiting flame cauldron on April 16, 2008. Islamabad is the tenth stop of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay outside the Chinese mainland. (Photo credit: Qi Heng/Xinhua)

(ISLAMABAD, April 16) -- The Pakistani leg of the 2008 global torch relay concluded successfully after the lighting of the flame cauldron in Islamabad's Jinnah Stadium on April 16.

The sacred flame arrived at the "garden city" in the very early morning hours of Wednesday to begin preparations for the relay as the 10th stop of the worldwide route.

Islamabad's first torchbearer was the "Flying Horse" Samiullah Khan, an ex-field hockey player who was part of the bronze medal winning team in the 1976 Olympic Games. After Khan took off, two young children let white doves fly into the air, symbolizing peace and harmony.

Through the hands of 65 torchbearers, the circular torch relay route concluded with Jahangir Khan, considered by many as the greatest squash player in history, lighting the flame cauldron at the stadium.

The ceremony held at the Sports Complex of the Pakistani capital was attended by President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani.

According to the schedule, the sacred flame will leave Islamabad late Wednesday night to head towards its next stop an approximate 2 hour flight away -- Indian capital New Delhi.


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Beijing Olympic flame reaches India

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            Updated：2008-04-17 From：Xinhuanet

NEW DELHI, April 17 (Xinhua) -- The Beijing Olympic flame arrived here on the early morning of Thursday on the second leg of its relay in Asia as it makes its way to the Beijing.

The Olympic flame, carried in a specially-designed lantern on a chartered plane, was flied to New Delhi from Islamabad, Pakistan.

Upon arrival, the Olympic flame and the whole delegation were welcomed by a cheering crowd, among whom are President of India Olympic Committee Kalmandi and Chinese Ambassador to India Zhang Yan.

The flame delegation is headed by Jiang Xiaoyu, vice president of the Beijing Organizing Committee of Olympic Games, who carried the flame lantern. A Indian girl offered a bunch of flowers to Jiang.

The Olympic torch relay, the first time for New Delhi, will start Thursday afternoon along three-kilometer-long Raji Path between the Indian Gate and the Indian Presidential Palace. 70 torch bearers will take part in the relay.

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When looking this pic,I am so proud of Beijing Olympic Games :)

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When looking this pic,I am so proud of Beijing Olympic Games :) [/quote]

So do i:loveliness:

Where is the Torch now?

In which country?:)

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:L

you guy are drink too much last night? :@

Good

You pay an precious attention on the torch relay.
It also attracts me especially.
And I expect the coming of the flame to my city.

Olympic flame sheds glee in 'City of Smile'

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Local Chinese welcome the upcoming Olympic torch relay at Chinese Gate, the start of the relay in Bangkok, capital of Thailand, on April 19, 2008. Bangkok is the 12th stop of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay outside the Chinese mainland. (Xinhua/Gong Lei)


BANGKOK, April 19 (Xinhua) -- The Olympic torch relay brought abundant cheers and festivity Saturday to Bangkok, the "City of Smile", with a mass of crowds flocking to the street, jamming the flame passing route interspersed with the city's most renowned landmarks and historic sites.

The launching ceremony was staged in the Chinese Gate, which was built in 1999 to celebrate HM the King's 6th Cycle Anniversary at the former Odeon-Fountain site. It was collaboration in Chinatown between the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration and the Thai-Chinese Association.


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The first torchbearer Anant Siripasraporn (C), Deputy Permanent Secretary for Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, runs with the torch in Bangkok, capital of Thailand, on April 19, 2008. Bangkok is the 12th stop of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay outside the Chinese mainland. (Photo credit: Xinhua/Qi Heng)


Thai Deputy Prime Minister Sanan Kajornprasart, chairman of the Olympics Torch Relay Organizing Committee of Thailand, delivered a speech in the setting-off ceremony.

"It is an important event and a first-time opportunity for Thailand to host the torch relay," said Kaiornprasart.

"We have been supporting the Beijing Olympic Games since its bidding seven years ago. It's a great privilege for Thailand and Bangkok to be one of the stop-over for the Olympic flame.

"In spite of the occurrence of attaching politics to sports in a few earlier relays, to us, we would stick to the principle of separating politics from sports, and ensure a memorable relay here."

The highlighting sites en route include Sakchaiyasithi Gate, Democracy Monument, UN office, Chitralada Palace, Ananthasamakom Throne Hall. Historical sights along the route consist of China Town street, Grand Palace and Temple of the Emerald Budda, City Pillar Shrine, Royal Field, Mae Phra Thorani, Maha Jessada Bodin Pavilion Ground, Golden Mount and Chitralada Royal Residence.

All five Olympic champions in Thailand's history were selected to bear the torch, namely Manus Boonjumnong, Somluck Kamsing, Udomporn Polsak, Vijan Polnlid and Pawina Thongsuk.

Three of the five are boxing champions with Manus Boonjumnong in the light welterweight (64kg) in the Athens Olympics, Somluck Kamsing in the featherweight (57kg) in the Atlanta Games and VijanPolnlid in flyweight (51kg) in the Sydney Olympics.

Udomporn Polsak is women's weightlifting gold medalist of 53kg in Athens Games. The last torchbearer Pawina Thongsuk is another weightlifting champion of women's 75kg in Athens. The first torchbearer was Anant Siripasraporn, the Deputy Permanent Secretary of Bangkok Metropolitan Administration.

"I am filled with the scenario of carrying the torch in mind. It's so exciting," said Siripasrapom after finishing his first leg.

"I feel so honored to welcome the Olympic flame here. It's a great event to mark the close relations between the two countries, it's a good opportunity to bring forth the city to the world, it'sa great day for the citizens to cheer up," added Siripasrapom, a Chinese descendant.

Pawina Thongsuk just retired from weightlifting for a knee injury, but the experience of torch relay somewhat makes up for her leaving the Olympic competition. "I suffered injury in my training this year and have to retire from weightlifting, but being a torchbearer is making up for my retiring from the Olympic Games," said Thongsuk.

"Though I can't go to the Beijing Games, but I think my teammates are capable of winning something there."

The community celebration was set up in Equestrian Monument of King Rama V with throngs of people waiting there hours before the arrival of the Olympic flame. The bronze statue of King Rama V in Field Marshal's uniform mounted on a horse was cast in Paris by a French sculptor in 1907 when the king visited Europe, and was shipped to Bangkok in 1908. The statue stands six meters tall from the platform on which the horse stands to the top of the helmet.

A day earlier on Friday, Thailand's crown princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn presided over a welcome party, expressed her aspiration of attending the opening ceremony of Beijing Olympic Games on August 8 on behalf of the King Bhumibol Adulyadej. The princess is well known for her keen interest in Chinese culture and has been to China for dozens of times.

Bangkok is the capital and primary city of Thailand, a country of Buddhism prevailing. It is located on both sides of the Chao Phraya River with a huge population of over 10 millions.

Wrapping up the 10km relay in Bangkok, the Olympic flame is heading for the next journey in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia

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Olympic flame arrives in Malaysia capital Kuala Lumpur

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                         The sacred flame of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on early Sunday arrived in the Malaysia capital of Kuala Lumpur, the 13th leg of its global torch relay.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 20 (Xinhua) -- The sacred flame of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on early Sunday arrived in the Malaysia capital of Kuala Lumpur, the 13th leg of its global torch relay.

A chartered plane carrying the flame, which was ignited on March 24 in ancient Olympia of Greece, landed on the Kuala Lumpur international airport at local time 02:30 a.m. local time (1830GMT) from Bangkok, capital of Thailand.


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    Overseas Chinese in Malaysia welcomes the flame at the airport.

Jiang Xiaoyu, vice president of the Beijing Organizing Committee of Olympic Games (BOCOG), carried the lantern of the flame and walked off the plane.

Upon arrival at the airport, Jiang and the flame received a warm welcome by a cheering crowd, among whom are Deputy president of the Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) M. Jegathesan and OCM honorary secretary Sieh Kok Chi.

Chinese ambassador to Malaysia Cheng Yonghua also came to the airport to welcome the flame of the Beijing Olympics, which is scheduled to be held this August.

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          Overseas Chinese in Malaysia welcomes the flame at the airport.
The Kuala Lumpur leg of the torch relay, which will be started from Dataran Merdeka and concluded at the famous "Twins Tower" KLCC, will start on Monday afternoon. Eighty torch bearers will take part in the relay.

The Olympic global torch relay will cover 137,000 kilometers before the flame returns to Beijing.

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Torch relay concludes successfully through downpour in Kuala Lumpur

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Chinese Ambassador to Malaysia Cheng Yonghua kindles the Olympic torch for the last torchbearer during the torch relay in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, April 21, 2008. Kuala Lumpur is the 13th stop of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay.


(KUALA LUMPUR, April 21) -- The Kuala Lumpur leg of the 2008 Olympic torch relay concluded successfully on Monday when the last torchbearer, Malaysia's ninth king and sultan of Perak, Azlan Shah, lit the waiting flame cauldron at about 6:00 p.m. local time (1000 GMT).

From the Malaysian capital's Dataran Merdeka (Independence Square) , the sacred flame made its way through important historic and tourists sites around the city, finally stopping at the Petronas Twin Towers about four hours later.

Minutes before the clock struck 5:00, the clouds above Kuala Lumpur opened up and let down sheets of rain. This, however, did not seriously affect the relay, and fans stayed out, risking getting soaked, to offer their support for the Beijing Games.

Speeches given at the closing ceremony included thanks to BOCOG for putting Kuala Lumpur on the torch relay map, and wishes for a successful Beijing Games.

Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) president Tunku Tan Sri Imran Tuanku Ja'afar spoke about the honor his country feels of being selected as a stop on the global route. Malaysians will remember this day forever, he pronounced. The OCM president was the first torchbearer on Malaysia's route.

Jiang Xiaoyu, BOCOG vice-president, brought up the long, cooperative friendship China and Malaysia have developed through the years. The sacred flame's "Journey of Harmony" represents worldwide peace, the representative continued, emphasizing that the Beijing torch relay stop in Malaysia will serve to strengthen ties between the two countries.

This is the second time since 1964 that Malaysia has hosted a torch relay.

At 11:00 p.m., the sacred flame will take off on its chartered plane to its next stop, Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia.

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Olympic torch relay begins in Jakarta

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                            Updated：2008-04-22 From：Xinhuanet
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Jiang Xiaoyu (L), executive vice-president of the Beijing Organizing Committee of Olympic Games (BOCOG), handed over the torch kindled with the sacred Olympic flame from ancient Olympia of Greece, to Rita Subowo, president of the National Olympic Committee of Indonesia. (Photo credit: Xinhua)


JAKARTA, April 22 (Xinhua) -- The Jakarta leg of the Beijing Olympic torch relay began at 14:00 local time (0700 GMT) Tuesday in the Bung Karno Sports Complex as the cloudy sky divided to let the sun shine through.

At the complex, Jiang Xiaoyu, executive vice-president of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG), handed over the torch to Rita Subowo, president of the Indonesian Olympic Committee.

She then passed on the torch to Jakarta's governor, Fauzi Bowo.

Spectators at the ceremony were treated with traditional Jakartan dance and music performances


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Rita Subowo (L), president of the National Olympic Committee of Indonesia passed on the torch to Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo. (Photo credit: Xinhua)

The local organizers named 80 torchbearers, which included government officials, sports celebrities, artists, and noted environmental activists.

They ran on a route of 7 km inside the country's largest sports complex.

Thousands of spectators cheered the runners and waved Chinese and Indonesian flags along the route.

Governor Fauzi said in his opening speech: "Sports are always an element that can unite the world, unite many cultures in the world. Through sports, we promote peace and understanding among people in the world.

"Jakarta is very proud of being a host of the Olympic torch relay. We wish the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games a great success."

Before Jakarta, a special lantern carrying the Olympic flame traveled 13 cities around the world.


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Olympic torch relay starts in Canberra

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(CANBERRA, April 24) -- The 15th leg of the Olympic Torch Relay started this morning in Canberra, Australia. Local aboriginals hosted a welcoming ceremony for the Olympic flame that included a speech by John Coates, the President of the Australian Olympic Committee.

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   Overseas Chinese cheer for the torch relay in Canberra, Austrilia, April 24, 2008. Canberra is the 15th stop of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay. (Photo credit: Xinhua)

Coates highlighted the deepening friendship between Australia and China and said that the torch relay in the capital will continue to strengthen mutual cooperation and communication between the two nations.

He said that the Canberra leg is a good opportunity to display the passion of the Australian people and that the sacred flame will spread the Olympic spirit and enhance people's understanding on the Olympic Movement and Olympic spirit.

Australian Capital Territory Chief Minister Jon Stanhope shared Coates sentiments, saying that the Australian people are excited about the torch relay, and that Canberra, specifically, is grateful for the opportunity to present itself to the Chinese people.

Jiang Xiaoyu, Executive Vice-President of the Beijing Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games, handed the Olympic torch to the first torchbearer, Tania Major, an aboriginal who was named Young Australian of the Year 2007. Ian Thorpe, Australia's retired Olympic champion, will be the last torchbearer in this leg of the race.

It is expected that more than 20,000 overseas Chinese will witness the historic torch relay in Canberra.

Before the torch relay began, spectators had already enjoyed the pre-dawn fireworks, hot balloon inflation and performances by Chinese and Australian artists, among whom are Descendance Indigenous Dance Theatre and famous folk music singer Lee Kernaghan, who was awarded the Australian of the Year in 2008.

Eighty torch runners will run through the 16-km routes which started from the Reconciliation Place in front of the old parliament house near Lake Burley Griffin and will end at the Stage 88 in the Commonwealth Park, on the other side of the lake.

Thousands of spectators cheered when Tania Major took her first step to start the long-awaited torch relay. Along the relay route, many spectators, most of them with Chinese origin, were waiting for hours to see the sacred flames of the Olympic Games which has already toured 14 legs outside China.



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Torch relay concludes in Canberra peacefully

Updated：2008-04-24 From：Xinhuanet
CANBERRA, April 24 (Xinhua) -- The 15th leg of the global Olympic flame journey was completed Thursday noon as scheduled without major disruptions.
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    Ian Thorpe, five-time gold medalist, runs as the last torch bearer and kindles the cauldron.

Ian Thorpe, five-time gold medalist, ran as the last torch bearer and lit the cauldron at 11:30 with loud cheers and applauses from the spectators at the Stage 88 in the Commonwealth Park in the downtown of the capital city.

During the torch relay, tens of thousands of spectators, many of them enthusiastic Chinese expatriates and students, had lined both sides of the streets, waited hours and followed the torch bearers along the route, chanting support for the Beijing Olympics.

Before the cauldron was extinguished, local and international dignitaries had praised the relay as successful and wonderful.

High security profile was in place to prevent major disruptions, with some 1,000 security personnel deployed to safeguard the historical event for Australia.

The whole ceremony lasted nearly three hours, opened with Chinese and Australian dances and songs.


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A flame guard proudly shows off the sacred flame's protective lantern. The Olympic torch relay was held in Canberra, Australia, on Thursday, April 24, 2008.

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Memory the 2008!

altogether now

Olympic Torch Relay in Nagano concludes

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Mizuki Noguchi, women's marathon gold medalist at the Athens Olympics kindles the cauldron at the end of the relay (Photo credit: Xinhua)

NAGANO, Japan, April 26 (Xinhua) -- The 16th leg Olympic Torch Relay, which took place in Nagano, Japan, concluded on Saturday at noon.

Mizuki Noguchi, women's marathon gold medalist at the Athens Olympics, was the final torchbearer of the day, lighting the cauldron at the end of the relay.

Hundreds of Chinese students and scholars in Japan celebrated the successful completion of the relay at Wakasato Park, south of the Nagano central railway station.

Tsunekazu Takeda, President of the Japanese Olympic Committee, Chiharu Igaya, Vice-President of the International Olympic Committee, Li Binghua, Executive Vice-President of Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, Nagano Mayor Shoichi Washizawa and Chinese Ambassador Cui Tiankai attended the ceremony held in the park.


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Olympic torch relay in Seoul concludes

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   Overseas Chinese cheer for the Olympic torch relay in Seoul, South Korea,April 27, 2008. Seoul is the 17th stop of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay. (Photo credit: Xinhua))

SEOUL, April 27 (Xinhua) -- The Olympic torch relay in the South Korean capital of Seoul, the 17th leg of its global journey, ended here Sunday evening.

Seventy plus runners, including Lee Sei-Kee, chief of the China-South Korea Friendship Association, Heo Nam-Soo, mayor of Busan city, actresses Chang Nara, Kim Mi-Jung, movie director Kim Jong-Seok, and Olympic gold medalists Moon Dae-Sung, Ahn Hyun-Soo,Nam Eun-Young and Kim Soo-Nyung, participated in the 22-kilometer relay that covered Seoul's most famous landmarks and historical sites

After a four-hour relay, last runner Yoon Tae-Woong lit the cauldron amid a cheering crowd of thousands waving Chinese and South Korean national flags at the City Hall Plaza.

The flame will head for Pyongyang, capital of the People's Democratic Republic of Korea later Sunday.


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'Lucky cloud' floats over Pyongyang

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     Li Binghua, executive vice-president of the Beijing Organizing Committee of Olympic Games (BOCOG) and Chinese ambassador to DPRK Liu Xiaoming carry the lantern of the Flame when the Olymic flame arrives in Pyongyang on April 28. (Photo credit: Xinhua)

PYONGYANG, April 28 (Xinhua) -- The sacred flame of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on early Monday arrived at Pyongyang, capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), for the 18th leg of its global torch relay.

The special chartered plane carrying the flame, which was ignited on March 24 in ancient Olympia of Greece, landed on the Sunan international airport at 00:28 a.m. local time from Seoul, capital of Republic of Korea.

The flight, directly flying from Seoul crossing the Yellow Sea, was a special arrangement.

Li Binghua, executive vice-president of the Beijing Organizing Committee of Olympic Games (BOCOG), carried the lantern of the Flame and walked off the plane, receiving the welcome from Chinese ambassador to DPRK Liu Xiaoming.

Upon arrival at the airport, Li and the Flame received a warm welcome by Pak Hak Seon, Chairman of the National Olympic Committee of the DPRK, Pak Pyong Jong,, first vice-Chairman of the People's Committee of Pyongyang.

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    Chinese in the DPRK welcome the arrival of the Olympic flame at the airport on April 28. (Photo credit: Xinhua)

Almost 1,000 of full-dressed local residents and Chinese overseas students in the DPRK were greeting the Flame in the airport, cheering and raising banners of "warmly welcome Beijing Olympic Flame arriving in Pyongyang" and "wish the torch relay in Pyongyang a full success".

The Pyongyang leg of the torch relay, starting from the Tower of the Juche Idea and concluding at the Kim Il Sung Stadium, will start on Monday morning. 80 torchbearers will take part in the 20 kilometers relay.

Pyongyang is the 18th stop of the Beijing Olympic torch relay around the world. The Olympic Flame will go to 21 cities on five continents before its journey continues in the Chinese mainland.


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Asian realy begin...........

It will come back to China soon.:)

Well-organized Olympic relay completes smoothly in Pyongyang

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PYONGYANG, April 28 (Xinhua) -- The Olympic torch relay in Pyongyang, the 18th leg of the global tour, was completed at around 15:00, local time, as the last torch bearer kindled the Olympic cauldron in the Kim Il Sung Stadium.

Chong Song Ok, crowned at the 1999 world athletics championships and hailed as "Marathon Queen" by DPRK media, ran up to the cauldron in the Kim Il Sung Stadium. When she kindled the Olympic cauldron with the flame, the spectators broke out in applause.

Chong told Xinhua that the marathon is a symbol of the Olympic Games, and the Olympic torch relay has a special meaning for her as a former marathoner.

"Holding the last torch and running to the cauldron reminded me of making the final dash in the marathon," she said.

Tens of thousands of dressed up Koreans, Chinese businessmen and overseas students in the DPRK watched the ceremony, cheering and holding up banners that read "Congratulations to the Successful Completion of Olympic Torch Relay in Pyongyang!"; "Cheer for Beijing, Cheer for Pyongyang, Cheer for the Olympic Games"; "China-DPRK Friendship Passed on from Generation to Generation."

Kim Yong Il, premier of the DPRK, and Chang Ung, the DPRK representative of the International Olympic Committee, attended the closing ceremony.

The Olympic flame, which had stopped in 17 nations before arriving in Pyongyang early Monday morning, will leave for Ho Chi Minh City, the capital of Vietnam, this evening.

The head of the Beijing Olympic flame delegation, Li Binghua, who is an executive vice-president of the Beijing Organizing Committee of Olympic Games (BOCOG), said that the torch relay in Pyongyang "made him extremely excited" and that he will "remember it forever."

The torch relay kicked off at around 10:15 a.m., local time, on the sunny Monday morning at the Tower of the Juche Idea.

Hundreds of thousands Pyongyang residents lined the streets to welcome the Olympic flame. Both sides of the route were decorated with banners and billboards that bore the Beijing Olympic torch relay logo as well as the slogan -- "Light the Passion Share the Dream."

Starting with former national soccer team player Pak Tu Ik, 80 torch bearers selected from different walks of life, including government officials, famous athletes, working people in different fields, overseas Koreans and Chinese in the DPRK, each ran a 20km route that covered the city's main streets and most of the landmarks.

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Beijing Olympic Flame arrives in Vietnam

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The plane carrying the Beijing Olympic flame landed Monday night at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Li Binghua(C), executive vice president of the Beijing Organizing Committee of Olympic Games (BOCOG), held up the lantern of the flame before walking off the plane. (Photo credit: Xinhua)
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, April 28 (Xinhua) -- The plane carrying the Beijing Olympic flame landed Monday night at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, for Tuesday's torch relay through the heart of the city.

This is the 19th leg of the Beijing Olympic torch relay around the world, and also the first time that Vietnam will host an Olympic torch relay.

The special chartered plane touched down at the airport at 23:05 local time (1505 GMT) from Pyongyang, capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, after a six hour flight.

Hoang Vinh Giang, vice chairman and general secretary of the Vietnam Olympic Committee and Chinese ambassador to Vietnam Hu Qianwen walked up to the plane to welcome the flame.

Then, Li Binghua, executive vice president of the Beijing Organizing Committee of Olympic Games (BOCOG), who carried the lantern of the flame, walked off the plane accompanied by Giang and Hu.

Li and the flame received a warm welcome by the Chinese embassy staff and representatives of Chinese businesses and students in Vietnam.

Giang told Xinhua at the airport that the Olympic torch relay is the most important event in the history of Vietnam's sports, and top leaders of the country had ordered relative departments to prepare well for the torch relay to ensure complete success.

"To date, preparations are going on smoothly in general, and I believe the torch relay will be a great success," he said.

On Tuesday afternoon, the Olympic torch relay will start from an opera house in the city center and conclude at a stadium near the Tan Son Nhat International Airport, covering a route of 10-13 kilometers.

This is also the last:victory:  leg of the Olympic flame's global journey outside China. After completing the Ho Chi Minh City torch relay, the flame will head to Hong Kong

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Olympic torch relay ends international leg in Vietnam amid great passion

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     The plane carrying the Beijing Olympic flame lands Monday night at Tan Son Nhat International Airport of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Li Binghua(C), executive vice president of the Beijing Organizing Committee of Olympic Games (BOCOG), carries the lantern of the Flame before walking off the plane. (Photo credit: Xinhua)


HO CHI MINH CITY, April 29 (Xinhua) -- Smiles, cheers, screams, applauses everywhere. The Olympic flame underwent a night of great passion in the Ho Chi Minh City of Vietnam on Tuesday.

Hundreds of thousands of people flocked into the street, waiting and enjoying the passing of Olympic flame. The Olympic "five-ring" flags, Vietnam flags and Chinese flags laid all over the sidewalk along the route
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Nguyen Thi Thu Ha (R), vice mayor of Ho Chi Minh City, receives the torch from Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Hu Qianwen (L), before running the opening leg of the torch relay in HO Chi Minh City, Vietnam, April 29, 2008.

Long queues of motorbikes squeezed the intersections longing for a glimpse of the torch relay. Waiters of restaurants suspended work to greet the relay. Thousands of motorists chased the relay to make photos and videos. It's the exact time to celebrate for the whole city. It seems no one would afford to miss the visit of Olympic flame.

The relay, the first hosted by Vietnam, traveled 13 kilometers (8 miles) from the opera house in the city center to the Seventh Military Zone Sports Stadium. Sixty torchbearers from all walks of life participated in the relay.

Nguyen Thi Thu Ha, the deputy mayor of Ho Chi Minh city, was the first torchbearer who received the torch from Hu Qianwen, Chinese ambassador to Vietnam, and showcased the flame to the crowd.

"Olympic Games is the most significant sports pageantry in the world. As a torchbearer in Ho Chi Minh city, it's evidently a great honor. But I also feel great responsibility to organize the event well until the latest moment," said Nguyen Thi Thu Ha, who is in charge of the organization.

"I hope we can take the advantage of the relay to demonstrate the love of sports in Vietnam, to show our friendship and hospitality. I also hope the arrival of Olympic flame can stimulate the Vietnamese team to turn out good results in the Beijing Games."

Nguyen Thi Thu Ha explained the relay itinerary and schedule. "In line with the overload of traffic in Ho Chi Minh City, we have to ponder a route ensuring a smooth progress of torch and minimizing the affection on the residents' life. The time from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. just shuns the traffic jam," she said.

Red flags, banners and signs welcoming the torch hung from lampposts along several avenues of the city. It's totally permeated for the city to have a day special and ardency.

The celebration ceremony was staged in the Military Stadium, which is not big enough to seat the large pack of enthusiastic spectators. A huge crowd gathered outside the Stadium until the finish of celebration.

The vice president of BOCOG Li Binghua delivered sincere thanks for the support and ebullience from the local residents and overseas Chinese.

"I would like to extend my sincere thanks to the Vietnam people for their active support to the relay. And also the same thanks to the overseas Chinese living and studying here for their attention to the relay," said Li.

"The Olympic torch relay, with the best wishes from China, bridges the gap between different cultures and races, connecting friendships and cooperation."

Vietnam Olympic Committee president Nguyen Danh Thai carried the last torch and lighted the cauldron in the Stadium.

Ho Chi Minh City is the largest city in Vietnam and is located near the Mekong Delta. The city center is situated on the banks of the Saigon River, 60 kilometers from the South China Sea and 1,760kilometers south of Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam.

The metropolitan area, which consists of Ho Chi Minh City and surrounding towns, has more than 9 million people, making it the largest metropolitan area in Vietnam

Vietnam is the last international leg of the relay before the flame goes to Hong Kong on Wednesday.


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Beijing Olympic flame arrives in Hong Kong

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Yang Shu'an, Executive Vice-President of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) shows the safety lantern after walking out of the Olympic chartered flight.

HONG KONG, April 30 (Xinhua) -- The chartered plane carrying the Beijing Olympic Flame landed at Hong Kong International Airport at 13:59 local time on Wednesday for Friday's torch relay through the city.


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Beijing Olympic torch relay concludes in HK

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Hong Kong's star cyclist Wong Kam-Po who ran as the last torch bearer, lighted the cauldron.

HONG KONG, May 2 (Xinhua) -- The Beijing Olympic torch relay in Hong Kong concluded at 16:56 local time on Friday as Wong Kam Po, a world champion cyclist, lit the cauldron at the Golden Bauhinia Square on the southern coast of the Victorian Harbor.

As Wong, also the last torch bearer, ran into Golden Bauhinia Square, he was greeted by hundreds of people waving red flags and chanting support for Beijing Olympics.

"The torch relay in Hong Kong has successfully completed, but the Olympic spirit of friendship, peace and harmony will pass on forever," said Timothy Tsun-Ting Fok, president of Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, said at the closing ceremony.

"We expect a successful Beijing Olympic Games and a good performance of Chinese athletes including those from Hong Kong," said Fok, also the second from last torchbearer.

The 20th leg of the Beijing Olympic torch relay started from the Hong Kong Cultural Center on the northern coast the Victorian Harbor at 10:28 am local time on Friday.

The passion during the first relay in Chinese territory was drastically lit up. Cheers could be heard all through the city as large crowds lined the route despite spells of drizzle. Flags, banners, placards of good-will were far and near.

One hundred and twenty torchbearers covered a 26-km route, passing by such landmarks as Tsing Ma Bridge, Sha Tin racecourse and the Avenue of Stars before the torch was ferried across the Victoria Harbor onto the Hong Kong Island.

Among the 120 torchbearers, there are top athletes, celebrities, officials, business tycoons, students and teachers.

Horses, dragon boats and a sightseeing ship were used to carry the Olympic flame during the torch relay.


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Torchbearer Andy Lau:victory: , Hong Kong singer and actor, runs with the torch during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay in Hong Kong, south China on May 2, 2008.

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Beijing Olympic torch relay concludes in Macao

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    Spectators wait for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay in Macao, south China, on May 3, 2008. (Photo credit: Xinhua/Zhou Lei)

MACAO, May 3 (Xinhua) -- The Beijing Olympic torch relay in Macao concluded at 18:53 local time on Saturday as Leong Heng Teng, member of the Executive Council of the Macao government, lit the cauldron at the Fisherman's Wharf.

Starting from 15:50 p.m. the torch relay lasted for more than three hours. More than a thousand of audiences gathered at the performing ground of the Fisherman's Wharf, cheering and waiving national flags, regional flags, and Olympic flags. They all wished a successful relay of the Olympic torch after the Macao leg, and that the Olympic spirit of peace, friendship and improvement will be passed on to the next stop.

A total of 120 torchbearers together finishing the 27 kilometers relay. They started from Fisherman's Wharf, then went pass Golden Lotus Square, Ruins of St. Paul's, A-Ma Temple, Headquarters of the Macao Government, Ponte Governador Nobre de Carvalho, Sai Van Bridge, Macao Tower, Macao Cultural Center, and finally went back to the Fisherman's Wharf as the finishing point.

The relay also took place on Chinese dragon boats at Sai Van Lake, featuring the traditional Chinese culture


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Beijing Olympic torch relay kicks off in Sanya

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SANYA, Hainan, May 4 (Xinhua) -- The 2008 Beijing Olympic torch relay kicked off here Sunday morning, the first leg on Chinese mainland.

At the Fire Phoenix Square of the Phoenix Island, China's short track speed skating Olympic champion Yang Yang became the first torchbearer.

"I felt both excited and nervous to be the first torchbearer in the Chinese mainland," said Yang, the first Chinese gold medalist in the Winter Olympic Games.

Yang won two gold medals in the women's 500m and 1,000m short track speed skating at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games in 2002 to end China's gold drought at the winter Olympics.

She has collected a total of 59 world titles in her career in the World Championships and World Cups before her retirement at the age of 30 in August, 2006.

A total of 208 torchbearers will run through the 30.09 km route that will end at the scenic spot of Tianya Haijiao, passing the Crown of Beauty Center, Haiyue Square of Sanya Gulf and Haihong Square.

This is the first leg of the 2008 Beijing Olympic torch relay in mainland China.

Under the schedule, the flame will go to Wuzhishan city on Monday, and arrive in Haikou, the capital city of Hainan Province on Tuesday.
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