Beijing Paralympic torch relay in Hohhot


Torchbearer Wei Yanling(R) lights for the next trochbearer Ma Wei during the 2008 Beijing Paralympic torch relay in Hohhot, capital city of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 30, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)


Torchbearer Chen Guoyi runs with the torch during the Beijing 2008 Paralympic torch relay in Hohhot, capital city of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 30, 2008.(Xinhua Photo)


Torchbearer Wang Xiaoqian holds the torch on wheelchair during the Beijing 2008 Paralympic torch relay in Hohhot, capital city of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 30, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)


Torchbearer Chen Guifeng runs with the torch during the Beijing 2008 Paralympic torch relay in Hohhot, capital city of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 30, 2008.(Xinhua Photo)


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Jelena Jankovic of Serbia returns a shot to Zheng Jie of China during their match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament at Flushing Meadows in New York Aug. 29, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)


Jelena Jankovic of Serbia reaches to return a shot to Zheng Jie of China during their match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament at Flushing Meadows in New York Aug. 29, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)


Zheng Jie of China returns a shot to Jelena Jankovic of Serbia during their match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament at Flushing Meadows in New York Aug. 29, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)


Zheng Jie of China celebrates a point against Jelena Jankovic of Serbia during their match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament at Flushing Meadows in New York, Aug. 29, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)


Jelena Jankovic of Serbia wipes off during a break in her match with Zheng Jie of China at the U.S. Open tennis tournament at Flushing Meadows in New York, Aug. 29, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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Paralympic torch relay run in Shenzhen


Torchbearer Liu Hong raises the torch during the starting ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic torch relay in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, China, Aug. 30, 2008. (Xinhua/Yang Guang)


SHENZHEN, South China, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- Paralympic torch relay took place in Shenzhen, one of the five Special Economic Zones in China, on Saturday.

The opening ceremony started at 8:00 a.m. local time on the top of Lotus Mountain, where the bronze statuary of Deng Xiaoping, the late Chinese leader, is located.

Against a stunning skyline, 70 torchbearers ran in the city relay which was started at the mountain top by Liu Hong, 2006 Asian Games race walk champion.

Then the relay moved into a theme park named "Splendid China-Folk Village". Song Zhuoping, 53, who is with Guangdong Disabled Persons' Federation, ran in the third leg and passed the torch to Liang Zuoyi, 50, who also has a disability and had been teaching himself for years before getting a diploma from Sun Yat-Sen University.

The last torchbearer was Shen Jianping, a photographer who has only one arm. He lit the cauldron at 9:40 a.m. to end the relay.

The Paralympic torch relay was carried out along two routes, namely the route of "modern China" and the route of "ancient China".

"Modern" route covers Shenzhen, Wuhan, Shanghai, Qingdao, Dalian and Beijing, the "ancient" has Xi'an, Hohhot, Changsha, Nanjing and Luoyang.


Torchbearer Shen Jianping lights the cauldron after the Beijing 2008 Paralympic torch relay in in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, China, Aug. 30, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)


Torchbearer Liang Guihua poses with the torch during the Beijing 2008 Paralympic torch relay in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, China, Aug. 30, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)


Torchbearer Zhang Jibo runs with the torch during the Beijing 2008 Paralympic torch relay in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, China, Aug. 30, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)
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Jelena Jankovic of Serbia returns a shot to Zheng Jie of China during their match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament at Flushing Meadows in New York Aug. 29, 2008. Second seed Jankovic came through another bruising battle at the U.S. Open on Friday, edging past China's Zheng Jie 7-5 7-5 to reach the fourth round. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)


Jelena Jankovic of Serbia returns a shot to Zheng Jie of China during their match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament at Flushing Meadows in New York Aug. 29, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)


Jelena Jankovic of Serbia reaches to return a shot to Zheng Jie of China during their match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament at Flushing Meadows in New York Aug. 29, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)


Zheng Jie of China returns a shot to Jelena Jankovic of Serbia during their match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament at Flushing Meadows in New York Aug. 29, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)


Elena Dementieva of Russia reacts to beating Anne Keothavong of Britain during their match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament at Flushing Meadows in New York Aug. 29, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)


Elena Dementieva of Russia hits a return shot to Anne Keothavong of Britain during their match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament at Flushing Meadows in New York Aug. 29, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)


Elena Dementieva of Russia hits a return shot to Anne Keothavong of Britain during their match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament at Flushing Meadows in New York Aug. 29, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)


Anne Keothavong of Britain hits a return shot to Elena Dementieva of Russia during their match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament at Flushing Meadows in New York Aug. 29, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)


Anne Keothavong of Britain hits a return shot to Elena Dementieva of Russia during their match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament at Flushing Meadows in New York Aug. 29, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)


Roger Federer of Switzerland hits a return shot Thiago Alves of Brazil during their match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament at Flushing Meadows in New York Aug. 29, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)


Roger Federer of Switzerland serves to Thiago Alves of Brazil during their match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament at Flushing Meadows in New York Aug. 29, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)


Roger Federer of Switzerland serves to Thiago Alves of Brazil during their match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament at Flushing Meadows in New York Aug. 29, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)


Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia returns a shot to Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia during their match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament at Flushing Meadows in New York, Aug. 29, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)


Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia returns a shot to Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia during their match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament at Flushing Meadows in New York, Aug. 29, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)


Li Na of China returns a shot to Ekaterina Makarova of Russia during their match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in Flushing Meadows in New York Aug. 29, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)


Li Na of China celebrates winning her match against Ekaterina Makarova of Russia during their match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in Flushing Meadows in New York Aug. 29, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)


Novak Djokovic of Serbia pumps his chest after a point against Robert Kendrick during their match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament at Flushing Meadows in New York, Aug. 29, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)


Novak Djokovic of Serbia hits a return shot to Robert Kendrick during their match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament at Flushing Meadows in New York Aug. 29, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)


Robert Kendrick of the U.S. returns a shot to Novak Djokovic of Serbia during their match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament at Flushing Meadows in New York, Aug. 29, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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IAAF Golden League athletics meeting

"Lightning" Bolt wins men's 100m race at Golden League



Usain Bolt of Jamaica reacts after winning the men's 100m race in 9.83 seconds during the IAAF Golden League athletics meeting at the Letzigrund stadium in Zurich Aug. 29, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)


Usain Bolt of Jamaica reacts after winning the men's 100m race in 9.83 seconds during the IAAF Golden League athletics meeting at the Letzigrund stadium in Zurich Aug. 29, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)


Usain Bolt of Jamaica reacts after winning the men's 100m race in 9.83 seconds during the IAAF Golden League athletics meeting at the Letzigrund stadium in Zurich, Aug. 29, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)


Usain Bolt of Jamaica signs autographs after winning the men's 100m race in 9.83 seconds during the IAAF Golden League athletics meeting at the Letzigrund stadium in Zurich Aug. 29, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)


Lolo Jones of the U.S. reacts after winning in the women's 100 meters hurdles race at the IAAF Golden League athletics meeting at the Letzigrund stadium in Zurich, Aug. 29, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)


Lolo Jones of the U.S. celebrates winning the women's 100 m hurdles race at the IAAF Golden League athletics meeting at the Letzigrund stadium in Zurich Aug. 29, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)


Allyson Felix (C) runs to win the women's 200m race ahead of Muriel Hurtis (L) of France and Debbie Ferguson (R) of the Bahamas at the IAAF Golden League athletics meeting at the Letzigrund stadium in Zurich, Aug. 29, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)


Allyson Felix from the U.S. reacts after winning in the women's 200m event at the IAAF Golden League athletics meeting at the Letzigrund stadium in Zurich, Aug. 29, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)


Pamela Jelimo of Kenya reacts after winning in the women's 800m event at the IAAF Golden League athletics meeting at the Letzigrund stadium in Zurich, Aug. 29, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)


Pamela Jelimo of Kenya reacts after winning in the women's 800m event at the IAAF Golden League athletics meeting at the Letzigrund stadium in Zurich, Aug. 29, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)


USA wins men's 4x400m relay with new Olympic record



Darvis Patton of the U.S. reacts after the team won the men's 4x100m relay at the IAAF Golden League athletics meeting at the Letzigrund stadium in Zurich, Aug. 29, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)


Darvis Patton (L) of the U.S. and his team mate Travis Padgett run next to the Trinidad and Tobago's team to win in the men's 4x100m relay at the IAAF Golden League athletics meeting at the Letzigrund stadium in Zurich, Aug. 29, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)



Rodney Martin (R) hands the baton to Shawn Crawford as the U.S. during the men's 4x100m relay race at the IAAF Golden League athletics meeting at the Letzigrund stadium in Zurich Aug. 29, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)


Jeremy Wariner of the U.S. pours water over his head after winning the men's 400m event at the IAAF Golden League athletics meeting at the Letzigrund stadium in Zurich, Aug. 29, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)


Dayron Robles (L) of Cuba clears a hurdle ahead of David Oliver (R) of the U.S. to win the men's 110m hurdles race at the IAAF Golden League athletics meeting at the Letzigrund stadium in Zurich Aug. 29, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)


David Oliver of the U.S. crosses the finish line in second place during the men's 110m hurdles race at the IAAF Golden League athletics meeting at the Letzigrund stadium in Zurich Aug. 29, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)


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Russia's Insinbaeva retains women's pole vault gold



Russian women's pole vault world record holder Yelena Isinbayeva clears 4.65 m during the IAAF Golden League athletics meeting at the Letzigrund stadium in Zurich Aug. 29, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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