At 10:30 a.m. on February 4, the torch relay activity under closed-loop conditions was held in the South Park of Beijing Olympic Forest Park. The torchbearers from all over the Olympic family held high the torch and transmitted the light of the Olympic flame symbolizing light, unity, peace and friendship to the central axis of the first "double Olympic city" in the history of the Olympic Games, conveying to the world the Olympic spirit that only by uniting as one can we be faster, higher and stronger.
The torchbearers in the closed-loop relay include Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee, Ban Ki-moon, the eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations and Chairman of the Ethics Committee of the International Olympic Committee, Abdullah Shahid, President of the United Nations General Assembly, Yu Zaiqing, Vice President of the International Olympic Committee, Zhang Hong, China's first speed skating Olympic champion and member of the IOC Athletes' Committee, and other members from the "Olympic Family". In addition, international friends such as WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, isinbayeva, the world record holder for women's pole vault who has served as a member of the International Olympic Committee, and Yoo Seung-min, a former south Korean table tennis star, have also served as closed-loop torchbearers.
Today, the closed-loop torch relay has a total of 46 sticks, the transmission distance is 5.1 kilometers, the overall transmission route is from the south gate of the Olympic Forest Park South Park, in a counterclockwise direction, through the East Gate and North Gate of the South Park of the Olympic Forest Park, and finally to the Olympic Declaration Square to collect the fire.
Source: CCTV news client