Olympic torch relay starts in Lhasa

Xinhua/BOCOG/Agencies
Updated: 2008-06-21 13:43

First torchbearer Gonpo, 75-year-old Tibetan mountaineering hero, holds the Beijing Olympic torch during its relay in Lhasa, capital of Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, on June 21, 2008. At the end of the relay, the "Qomolangma flame" will be reunited with the main flame, after which the torch will travel to Qinghai province, on Saturday night. [Xinhua]