Olympic flame handover ceremony

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The torch handover ceremony for the sacred Olympic flame was held at Panathenaikon Stadium, the site of the first modern-day Olympic Games. The torch welcome ceremony will be held at Tian'anmen Square on the morning of March 31.

Date/Time: 12:00 GMT, Monday, March 30, 2008

Venue: Panathenaikon Stadium, Athens

Greek presidential guards dressed in traditional attire have entered the stadium. The handover ceremony is about to start.

The philharmonic band of the city of Athens is now entering the stadium.

President of the Hellenic Republic Karolos Papoulias is entering Panathenaikon Stadium. Marching next to Papoulias is Hellenic Olympic Committee President Minos Kyriakou.

President Papoulias shakes hands with members of BOCOG and the IOC.

Now flag bearers enter the stadium with the Chinese and Greek flags.

The national anthem of China is played.

The national anthem of Greece is played.

The host welcomes the guests to the Olympic Flame Handover Ceremony and introduces the philharmonic band of the city of Athens and the choir.

The priestesses enter the stadium. The sequence was choreographed by Artemis Ignatiou, who also choreographed the torch lighting ceremony.

High Priestess Maria Nafpliotou enters with the Beijing Olympic Torch.

The last torchbearer in Greece, Pigi Devetzi, enters with the Olympic Flame.

Devetzi lights the altar.

The host: Now the Olympic anthem.

The Olympic anthem is sung by the choir.

The host invites Hellenic Olympic Committee President Minos Kyriakou and BOCOG President Liu Qi to the stage.

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Welcome ceremony in Beijing

Art performances in Beijing to welcome the Olympic Flame
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The Olympic Flame arrived in Beijing Monday morning and a welcome ceremony is being held at Tian'anmen Square, Beijing, to welcome its arrival. This photo taken on March 31 shows people giving art performances for the event.

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Crowds await the arrival of the Olympic flame at Tian’anmen Square
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Vehicle carries safety lantern through Beijing

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Take photo as memory
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Olympic flame arrives at Beijing Capital Int'l Airport
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Tian'anmen square welcomes the torch

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Olympic torch relay ceremony will begin
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Tian'anmen square ready for torch welcoming ceremony
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Chinese President Hu Jintao applauds as Liu Xiang raises the Olympic torch
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Hurdler Liu Xiang is first to run with Olympic Torch at Tian'anmen
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Olympic men's hurdles champion Liu Xiang holds the torch at the welcome ceremony for the Olympic flame and launching of the Beijing Olympic torch relay at Tian'anmen Square in Beijing, China, on March 31, 2008. (Photo credit: Xinhua)
(BEIJING, March 31) -- Olympic 110m hurdle champion Liu Xiang will bring the Olympic Torch to Tian'anmen on the morning of March 31, running along Chang'an Avenue as the first leg in the Olympic Torch relay.

Earlier in the day, a chartered Air China flight carrying the Olympic Flame touched down at Beijing Capital International Airport. The arrival at the airport will be followed by a welcoming ceremony at Tian'anmen Square. On Tuesday, the Torch begins its relay around the world, making its first stop in Almaty, the biggest city of Kazakhstan.

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Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping addresses the welcome ceremony

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Liu Qi walks off the plane with the lantern
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Torchrelay Line

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hi, Ashley,
it is better if the title are in English :) :)

Thanks for news in time.
There was traffic jam for common people as well.
Once the Tiananmen Square is guarded, there will be troubles for the traffic.:L

The Planned Route for Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch Relay

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Validated by IOC, the Olympic Flame will be lit in Olympia, Greece according to tradition on March 24, 2008. From March 24-29, the Torch Relay will travel across Greece, ending at the Panathinaiko Stadium, the site of the first modern Olympic Games in 1896. After the handover ceremony in the stadium, the Olympic Flame will arrive in Beijing on March 31, 2008. In Beijing, a ceremony will be held for the arrival of the flame into China and Beijing 2008 Olympic torch relay will commence.

The cities along the route are:

Beijing; Almaty; Istanbul; St.Petersburg; London; Paris; San Francisco; Buenos Aires; Dar Es Salaam; Muscat; Islamabad; New Delhi; Bangkok; Kuala Lumpur; Jakarta; Canberra; Nagano; Seoul; Pyongyang; Ho Chi Minh City; Hong Kong; Macao; Hainan Province (Sanya, Wuzhishan, Wanning, Haikou); Guangdong Province (Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Huizhou, Shantou); Fujian Province (Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Xiamen, Longyan); Jiangxi Province (Ruijin, Jinggangshan, Nanchang); Zhejiang Province (Wenzhou, Ningbo, Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Jiaxing); Shanghai; Jiangsu Province (Suzhou, Nantong, Taizhou, Yangzhou, Nanjing); An'hui Province (Hefei, Huainan, Wuhu, Jixi, Huangshan); Hubei Province (Wuhan, Yichang, Jingzhou); Hunan Province (Yueyang, Changsha, Shaoshan); Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (Guilin, Nanning, Baise); Yunnan Province (Kunming, Lijiang, Xamgyi' nyilha); Guizhou Province (Guiyang, Kaili, Zunyi); Chongqing; Sichuang Province (Guang'an, Mianyang, Guanghan, Leshan, Zigong, Yibin, Chengdu); Tibet Autonomous Region (Shannan Diqu, Lhasa); Qinghai Province (Golmud, Qinghai Hu, Xining); Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (Urumqi, Kashi, Shihezi, Changji); Gansu Province (Dunhuang, Jiayuguan, Jiuquan, Tianshui, Lanzhou); Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (Zhongwei, Wuzhong, Yinchuan); Shaanxi Province (Yan'an, Yangling, Xianyang, Xi'an); Shanxi Province (Yuncheng, Pingyao, Taiyuan, Datong); Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (Hohhot, Ordos, Baotou, Chifeng); Heilongjiang Province (Qiqihar, Daqing, Harbin); Jilin Province (Songyuan, Changchun, Jilin, Yanji); Liaoning Province (Shenyang, Benxi, Liaoyang, Anshan, Dalian); Shandong Province (Yantai, Weihai, Qingdao, Rizhao, Linyi, Qufu, Tai'an, Jinan); Henan Province (Shangqiu, Kaifeng, Zhengzhou, Luoyang, Anyang); Hebei Province (Shijiazhuang, Qinhuangdao, Tangshan); Tianjin; and Beijing.

One of the highlights of this leg will be the attempt to bring the Olympic Flame to the highest peak in the world Mt. Qomolangma. During the arrival ceremony for the flame into China on March 31, 2008, one of the lanterns with the Olympic Flame will be kept aside. The torchbearer team will then attempt to take the Flame to the highest peak on a day in May that presents the best climatic conditions for the ascent.
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congartulations

i am happy,yes peace ,no war the world's.
yes olimpic,yes sport.
my favori country china and turkiye.
xie xie,tesekkür ederim.
i from turkiye...........

[quote]Originally posted by [i]savas[/i] at 2008-4-1 14:06 [url=http://forum.fobshanghai.com/redirect.php?goto=findpost&pid=3234648&ptid=320776][img]http://forum.fobshanghai.com/images/common/back.gif[/img][/url]
i am happy,yes peace ,no war the world's.
yes olimpic,yes sport.
my favori country china and turkiye.
xie xie,tesekkür ederim.
i from turkiye........... [/quote]

Welcome here! TXS!

call whole the world peoples

whole world people's pls ,seeing beijing 2008 olimpic .
as for me
wonderful and superb and very beautiful.
wo shı tu er qi.
i am very to say thnaks very munch.
hu jing tao.
i from konya savas alper

How can I be a torcher?

Olympic flame arrives in Almaty

Jiang Xiaoyu disembarks with the flame.
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Accompanied by two members of the flame's escort team, Jiang Xiaoyu walks out of the chartered plane.
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(ALMATY, April 1) -- With the sacred flame for the Beijing Olympic Games on board, the specially chartered Air China plane arrived in Almaty, Kazakhstan at 1:10 p.m. local time.

Jiang Xiaoyu, Executive Vice President of BOCOG, disembarked with the flame, showing the lantern to the crowd. Two members of the flame's escort team handed the flame over to representatives of the city.

Among those on hand to greet the flame were Chinese ambassador to Kazakhstan Zhang Xiyun, various Kazakhstan officials and overseas Chinese living in Kazakhstan. A brief but warm welcoming ceremony was held at the airport and flowers were presented to team members.

On April 2, the flame will pass through 80 torchbearers as it travels 19 kilometers in Almaty, known as the "City of Apples." This will be the first leg, outside of China, of a relay that will bring the flame around the world.

Under the theme "Journey of Harmony" and the slogan "Light the Passion Share the Dream", the Beijing Olympic torch will pass through 19 cities spread across five continents, and will make stops in Hong Kong, Macao, and all the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities of China. The torch will also scale the world's highest peak, Mt. Qomolangma. The final stop of the relay comes on August 8, 2008, when the torch will be used to light the cauldron of the main stadium and start the Beijing Olympic Games.

The relay will last 130 days, involve over 20,000 torchbearers, and accumulate over 130 hours of flight time. The unprecedented journey will add yet another splendid chapter to Olympic history.

The chartered plane arrives.
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View of Almaty from the airport
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[quote]Originally posted by [i]savas[/i] at 2008-4-1 14:06 [url=http://forum.fobshanghai.com/redirect.php?goto=findpost&pid=3234648&ptid=320776][img]http://forum.fobshanghai.com/images/common/back.gif[/img][/url]
i am happy,yes peace ,no war the world's.
yes olimpic,yes sport.
my favori country china and turkiye.
xie xie,tesekkür ederim.
i from turkiye........... [/quote]


Hi, friend from Turkey, welcome to Beijing to see Olympic held in August 2008.

It is perfact for you to have a visit here with your friends or families:)

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How can I be a torcher? [/quote]


you can apply for it in this URL:

[url]http://huoju.icoke.qq.com[/url]

:lol :lol

Reply #22 kevin181's post

Is it can be now ?

so  many  friends  here !

Reply #23 jackylau's post

you can get the torch from your QQ friend who had got the torch:lol :lol

Reply #24 genggeng's post

yes, you will be one of our friends:)

Istanbul confident of successful torch relay

ISTANBUL, April 1 (Xinhua) -- The upcoming Beijing Olympic torch relay will be held successfully in the Turkish largest city of Istanbul, a high-ranking Turkish official said on Tuesday.

In an exclusive interview with Xinhua in Istanbul, 58-year-old Yalcin Aksoy, the official of the Turkish Olympic Committee (TMOK) who is in charge of the Istanbul torch relay, said that the Turkish authorities embarked on the event eight months ago with 14 departments of the city involved.

Aksoy, who is the general director of the Preparation and Organization Council for the Istanbul Olympic Games, said that "the torch relay of Athens Olympic Games was also made smoothly in Istanbul. Therefore, we are very experienced in the torch relay process. I don't think there will be any problem."

"The Beijing Olympic torch relay should be made as planned in Istanbul without any intrusion or any incident," Aksoy pointed out.

Aksoy appreciated Beijing's efforts for the torch relay route which covers the ancient Silk Road, saying "we are very proud that China has chosen Istanbul as one of the legs for the torch relay and I hope that China will host the best Olympic Games ever."

Aksoy also downplayed some Western politicians' attempt to boycott Beijing Olympics, saying that "sports and politics are totally different things, and the true Olymipc idea is to bring the youth together from every where around the world, and to establish friendship, respect and mutual cooperation."

"They know nothing of Olympic values," he stressed.

Aksoy said that he had decided to go to China this summer to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games along with more than 70 Turkish sportsmen, hoping that they will gain more medals in the games.

"Good Luck Beijing!", said he in Chinese at the end of the interview.

Istanbul, the only city in the world located on two continents -- Asia and Europe, will hold the 17.8-km relay on April 3 after the first leg of the 21-city global torch relay in Kazakhstan's biggest city Almaty on April 2.

Reply #22 kevin181's post

faint!

I did it be4 3days.
If I am a torcher I can shake  hands with Mr hu. :lol

Good Luck Beijing.
And Good Luck Myself.:loveliness:

Reply #28 jask1985's post

:lol :lol

yeah,but now you can also shake hands with Mr Hu, however, not Mr Hu Jintao;P