Special report: 2008 Olympic Games

Olympic flame crosses London amid snow

Jiang Xiaoyu (L), the executive vice president of the Beijing Organizing Committee of Olympic Games (BOCOG), gives the torch to Princess Anne during the ceremony in London, capital of Britain, April 6, 2008. London is the fourth stop of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay outside the Chinese mainland. (Xinhua/Xie Xiudong) Photo Gallery>>>

    LONDON, April 6 (Xinhua) -- The heavy snow in London exerted slim effect on people's passion of seeing Beijing Olympic flame as large crowds lined along the street to greet the relay of torch on Sunday in the host city of 2012 Games.

    London boasted the longest relay of nearly 50 kilometers among cities outside China's mainland. Eighty torchbearers, including Paralympics, Olympic athletes and celebrities carried the torch through ten London boroughs from Wembley to Greenwich. Landmark buildings and ancient sites witnessed the sacred flame.

    Dragon and lion dancing performance dressed up the Chinatown like a festival. Large groups of Chinese in squares or concentration point waited the flame hours before its arrival.  Full story

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