Torch relay concludes in Canberra

Torch relay concludes in Canberra
(Xinhua/Agencies)
Updated: 2008-04-24 10:43

Tania Major (L), the young indigenous leader from Queensland, and Jiang Xiaoyu, Executive Vice President of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games, hold the Beijing Olympic torch before running the opening leg of the torch relay in Canberra, Australia, April 24, 2008. Eighty torch runners will run through the 16-km routes which started from the Reconciliation Place in front of the old parliament house and will end at the Stage 88 in the Commonwealth Park. [Xinhua]

Tania Major (L), a young indigenous leader from Queensland, and Jiang Xiaoyu, Executive Vice President of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games, hold the Beijing Olympic torch before she runs the start of the torch relay in Canberra, Australia, April 24, 2008. The 15th leg of the global Olympic flame journey concluded at 11:30 local time Thursday as scheduled without major disruptions. [Xinhua]