Olympic torch relay in Olympic co-host city Qingdao concludes
21/7/2008 17:23
The Olympic torch finished its tour in Olympic co-host city Qingdao at
11:20 am today.
Xia Geng, mayor of Qingdao City and president of the sailing
committee (Qingdao) of BOCOG lighted the cauldron as the last
torchbearer.
The Olympic torch relay in Qingdao is the first leg of the
sacred Olympic flame's tour in East China's Shandong Province.
During the
relay, the torch was passed in a sailing vessel on the sea, which highlighted
the Olympic sailing events to be held in Qingdao , East China from August 9th to
23rd.
The torch will then leave for Linyi, an old revolutionary base area,
for its second leg in Shandong.
Xinhua
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