Olympic torch leaves Ordos for Baotou
9/7/2008 17:49
Yang Hongyan, former vice mayor of Ordos City, lit the cauldron at the
Genghis Khan Square at 10:25 am today, bringing the end to the Olympic Torch
Relay in Ordos, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
Ordos' Olympic torch relay
kicked off at 8:35 a.m. as Ha Silao, triple Paralympic Games javelin champion,
was the first to carry the torch. The whole journey covers 6.3
kilometers.
Altogether 104 torchbearers carried the Olympic flame along this
stretch of the Journey of Harmony.
The city of Baotou will host the Olympic
flame this afternoon.
Xinhua
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