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Routes for torch relay of 2008 Paralympic Games
7/9/2007 14:06

Following are the routes for the torch relay of the 2008 Paralympic Games which were unveiled yesterday night at the China Millennium Monument in Beijing:

Beijing-Vancouver-London-Sochi-Hong Kong;

Shenzhen-Chongqing-Wuhan-Shanghai-Qingdao-Dalian-Tianjin;

Huangdi Mausoleum-Xi'an-Hohhot-Urumqi-Chengdu-Changsha-Nanjing-Lauoyang;

According to the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2008 Olympic Games (BOCOG), the Paralympic Flame will travel along each of the three routes simultaneously between Aug. 28 and Sept. 6, 2008, and the torches will finally meet in Beijing and light the cauldron at the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games on the night of Sept. 6, 2008.



Xinhua