Beijing Lights Paralympic Torch
Amid ceremony and pagentry, the Paralympic torch was lit this morning in Beijing at the city’s historic Temple of Heaven. Lighting the cauldron was Jin Jang, a 24-year-old Paralympic fencer. Jang was also the athlete that “protected” the Olympic torch in Paris during the protests there.
The lighting of the Paralympic torch precedes the domestic Paralympic torch relay that will travel to Xian on Friday and then around the southeast and central regions of China before returning to Beijing for the Paralympic opening ceremony on September 6.
The Paralympic Games will be held September 6 - 17. Founded in 1960, the Paralympics are a multi-sport competition for athletes with physical, mental and sensorial disabilities.
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