Beijing Olympic torch relay concludes in Inner Mongolia
10/7/2008 17:16
Siqingaowa, a renowned performing artist, lit the cauldron at Civilian
Square at 9:45am today, bringing the end to the Olympic Torch Relay in Inner
Mongolia Autonomous Region.
Chifeng's torch relay started its tour at 8:00
a.m. as Na Risu, Director of Chifeng City Tourism Bureau, was the first to carry
the torch. The whole journey covers 6.2 kilometers.
Altogether 208
torchbearers carried the Olympic flame along this stretch of the Journey of
Culture.
Inner Mongolia, the 71st leg of the 2008 Olympic torch relay in
China, is the last ethnic autonomous region to host the Olympic
flame.
Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang Province, will embrace the Olympic
flame tomorrow.
Xinhua
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