2008 Beijing Games Torch Ceremony Clouded by Continuous Protests

This past Sunday at the archaeological aim Olympia - near the Temple of Hera the 29th Olympic Games Torch was lit. This was the dawning of the five-month journey towards the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games which testament start on Aug 8th.

The ahead torch bearer will be the Athens 2004 taekwondo medalist - Greek athlete Alexander Nikolaidis who will have the task to cut the torch throughout Greece over a period of six days. Luo Xuejuan, China's Olympic swimming gold medallist was the moment bearer, taking the flame from Nikolaidis. The Greek athlete will then hand it over to the Chinese Olympic officials at the Kalimarmaro Stadium.

Despite the high security measures; the event was clouded by the interference of two pro-Tibet demonstrators who were carrying black flags. Also, other three members of the Paris-based press full swing group were displaying a banner with the symbol of the Olympics transformed into handcuffs a free of charge exertion of disrespect for the civic symbols. All activists were detained by the police on the other hand later on released on bail.

Afterwards they were interviewed and stated the charges were "absurd and senseless". Reporters Without Borders said: "We were in no fashion attacking the Olympic spirit or Greece,". "We were simply protesting against the policy being carried out in China during this extension of intensifying repression."

In spite of the unusual oppositions Chinese climbers will carry the Olympic torch to the 8,444 meter summit of the highest pile in the earth - The Everest. This is certainly a challenge not onliest for the climbers however the unsettle longitude which is career lived at the Tibet does not fabricate it any easier. In the elapsed days the capital conurbation of Tibet - Lhasa has been hit by continual riots as the dudes who live in this land affirm independence from China.

The torch's 137,000 kilometres travels involves bounteous than 27,870 torchbearers who stable will covered five continents and 134 cities. It is expected that along the pathway there will be deeper protests pro-Tibetans on all sides of the world. Some of the places which are awaiting the torch and at which there will be additional ceremonies are: Almaty, Istanbul, St. Petersburg, London, Paris, San Francisco, Buenos Aires, Dar es Salaam, Muscat, Islamabad, Original Delhi, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Canberra, Nagano, Seoul, Pyongyang , Ho Chi Minh Municipality , Hong Kong, Macao, Tianjin and once again Beijing.

Jacques Rogge - Head of the state of the International Olympic Committee stated at the ceremony "Today will lead to the opening of the headmost ever Olympic Games in China, where one-fifth of the world's population is longing for them." "The messengers will be citizens, young or old, able or disabled, athletes and members of the Olympic Movement, who are all eager to contribute what everyone one of us can contribute to a greater world," he said.

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