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Compiled by the Government Communication and Information System Date: 08 Aug 2008 Title: Olympic torch starts final-hours run -------------------- Beijing - The Olympic torch is currently making its way to the Olympic stadium. Amid loud music and cheers, Feng Gong, one of the best being taken from Zhoukoudian, the southwestern Beijing suburb which has yielded many archaeological discoveries Chinese comedians, began today's relay at 7am this morning. The torch has travelled almost 40 km by 841 torchbearers over the last three days. Friday is the final day of a three-day relay in Beijing. The relay will end at about 12:15pm at the No. 101 Middle School of Beijing, also home to the Olympic Youth Camp. Sun Xuecai, vice chairman of the organising committee of the torch relay in Beijing, said on Thursday that right after the torch relay ends at the school, the Olympic flame will be handed over to the Games' opening ceremony group. On the first day, the torch started its journey from the landmark Forbidden City in the centre of the host city. After passing other landmarks, including Tian'anmen Square, the egg-shaped National Centre for the Performing Arts and Qianmen (the Southern Gate), the torch relay ended at the Temple of Heaven (Tian Tan). On Thursday, the Olympic flame began the second day of its relay with a historic run on the Great Wall. It ended at the Temple of Earth (Di Tan) in the afternoon. After being lit at the birthplace of the Olympic Games in Olympia, Greece on 24 March, the torch travelled to Beijing on 31 March for a ceremonial start of its global trip. Under the theme "Journey of Harmony," the relay took the torch 137 000km through six continents over 129 days, passing through 21 cities, including Hong Kong and Macao, before touring the mainland on 4 May. On Friday night, the Olympic flame will be used to light the cauldron at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games. - BuaNews-Xinhua |
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