Sun Yue carried the Olympic torch proudly at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday as she reached the Drum Tower Park and lit the cauldron, marking the conclusion of the Nanjing leg of the Olympic Torch Relay.
Sun Yue, a former player of China's national women's volleyball team, igniting the cauldron to end the Nanjing leg of the Olympic Torch Relay in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province.
Sun, former captain of the Chinese National Women's Volleyball Team and currently a coach for the Jiangsu team, was the last of 208 torchbearers who ran the relay. Among the torchbearers were Yu Kaixiang, 14, a middle school student, and Xu Zhize, 91, a retired teacher.
Following a minute's silence in remembrance of the earthquake victims in Sichuan, the 12.9-kilometer relay started at East Square of the Olympic Sports Center, taking the torch past numerous landmarks, including Nanjing University. Donation boxes were set up along the route to enable spectators to donate toward earthquake relief works.
The Olympic torch relay team?headed to Hefei in Anhui Province on Tuesday afternoon to prepare for Wednesday, when the "Journey of Harmony" will continue.
(BOCOG May 28, 2008)