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Torchbearer Yao Ming holds the Athens Olympic
torch at the last leg of the relay in Beijing in the Summer Palace
June 9, 2004. A total of 148 torchbearers took part in the 55km course
from Tian'anmen Square to the Summer Palace on Wednesday. [Xinhua]
Greek actress Thalia Prokopiou, dressed in a
white robe as the high-priestess, lights a torch using the sun rays in a
parabolic mirror during the traditional Olympic lighting ceremony in
ancient Olympia March 25, 2004. [Reuters]
Torchbearer Yu Zaiqing stands in front of the
Great Hall of the People, holding the torch, before starting the Beijing
leg of the global relay of the Olympic flame from Tian'anmen Square June
9, 2004. A total of 148 torchbearers took part in the 55km course from
Tian'anmen Square to the Summer Palace on Wednesday. [Xinhua]
Torchbearer Yu Zaiqing stands in front of the
Great Hall of the People before starting the Beijing leg of the global
relay of the Olympic flame from Tian'anmen Square June 9, 2004. A total of
148 torchbearers took part in the 55km course from Tian'anmen Square to
the Summer Palace on Wednesday. The flame will travel to 33 cities in 34
days and for the first time reach all five continents. [Reuters]
Torchbearer Yu Zaiqing starts the Beijing leg
of the global relay of the Olympic flame from Tian'anmen Square June 9,
2004. [Xinhua]
Yu Zaiqing (left) lights the torch of the
second bearer Ruan Ye (right), the national flag team, in front the
Tian'anmen Rostrum June 9. [Xinhua]
Residents wave to the Olympic torch bearer
during the relay in Beijing June 9, 2004. The flame will travel to 33
cities in 34 days and for the first time reach all five continents.
[Reuters]
Torchbearer Ruan Ye runs in front of the
Tian'anmen Rostrum June 9. [newsphoto]
Torchbearer Ruan Ye runs in front of the
Tian'anmen Rostrum June 9. [Xinhua]
Luo Xuejuan of the Chinese women's swimming
team holds the torch at the Temple of Heaven, a symbol of Beijing June 9.
[Xinhua]
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