Source: CCTV.com

09-30-2007 09:59

Special Report:   2008 Olympics Countdown

The torch run for the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games has reached its final leg.

The "Flame of Hope" finally arrived in Shanghai on Saturday. Running along the Huangpu River, Special Olympic athletes and police officers escorted the flame from Binjiang Road to New Century Square. The flame will pass 19 districts and counties in Shanghai over the next two days, and the opening ceremony will take place on Monday night. The Special Olympic Games is one of the major international sporting events for athletes with intellectual disabilities, and will be held in Asia for the first time.

 

Editor:Zhao Yan