Olympic flame handed over to Beijing Olympic organizers

2008-03-30 14:30:36 Xinhua English

Liu Qi (L), president of the Organizing Committee of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, receives the torch of the Olympic flame from Minoa Kyriakou, president of the Hellenic Olympic Committee, at the Panathenan Stadium in Athens March 30, 2008. The handover ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games flame was held in Athens on March 30. (Xinhua Photo)

Greek actress Maria Nafpliotou playing the role of high priestess holds the torch during the handover ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games flame, held at the Panathenan Stadium in Athens, Greece, March 30, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)

Liu Qi, president of the Organizing Committee of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, gives a speech during the handover ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games flame, held at the Panathenan Stadium in Athens, Greece, March 30, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)

ATHENS, March 30 (Xinhua) -- The Olympic flame was handed over to Liu Qi, president of the Beijing Organizing Committee of the 2008 Olympic Games (BOCOG), at a grand ceremony held in the marble Panathenian stadium here on Sunday.

Minos Kyriakou, president of the Hellenic Olympic Committee, delivered the flame to Liu in front of thousands of spectators.

The flame, which was lighted in Ancient Olympia on Sunday, entered Athens on Saturday after a six-day relay journey in Greece.

The torch is to arrive March 31 in Beijing on a purpose-fitted airliner.

Olympic flame handed over to Beijing Olympic organizers

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