Saturday, August 30, 2008

After Beijing olympic, now Paralympic


After successfully hosting Beijing olympic, now China is prepareing for The Hohhot leg of the Paralympic gmaes. The torch relay successfully concluded after Chen Guoyi lit the flame cauldron in front of Hohhot Stadium in China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on August 30. The relay began at 10:10 a.m. with first torchbearer Yang Zhimin carrying the flame from Genghis Khan Square. Of the 70 torchbearers that participated in the relay, three took on the task of relaying the flame by riding horses while dressed in traditional Inner Mongolian outfits. The next stop for the Paralympic torch relay along the "Ancient China" route is the city of Changsha in Hunan province. Games are going to start on 6th september.

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