The Hangzhou Asian Games torch relay started today, with 11 cities relaying in turn.
This morning (8th), the launching ceremony of the 19th Asian Games Torch Relay was held in Hangzhou West Lake Yongjin Park Square. Luo Xuejuan, a local female swimmer from Hangzhou and the women's 100m breaststroke champion at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, became the first torchbearer at the Hangzhou Asian Games.
Under the successive relay of 106 torchbearers, the torch "torch" of the Hangzhou Asian Games revolves around Hangzhou West Lake, a world cultural heritage site, starting from Yongjin Park Square, passing along Nanshan Road - Hubin Road - Huancheng West Road - Beishan Street - Xiling Bridge - Gushan Road, and finally to Pinghu Autumn Moon, one of the ten scenic spots of West Lake.
From September 8 to September 20, the Asian Games torch will be relayed in Hangzhou, Huzhou, Jiaxing, Shaoxing, Ningbo, Zhoushan, Taizhou, Wenzhou, Lishui, Jinhua and Quzhou, and return to Hangzhou on September 20 to complete the last leg.
The Hangzhou Asian Games torch relay continues the theme slogan of "Heart to Heart, @未来", and 2,022 torchbearers will participate throughout the relay. The youngest of the torchbearers is 14 years old and the oldest is 84 years old, covering advanced representatives of various fields and types.
Du Zuofeng, Deputy Commander of the Torch Relay Command Center of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou: On the whole, the torchbearers have several characteristics, one is that they are relatively representative, the second is that they are more extensive, and the third is that there are more representatives from the grassroots frontline, and these torchbearers include representatives of our Olympic champions, outstanding athletes, coaches and grassroots sports workers, as well as representatives of industrial workers like the "most beautiful people", moral models, and grassroots front-line workers, representatives of both the "most beautiful teachers" and the representatives of the "most beautiful village party branch secretaries". There are also some scientific research experts, famous scholars, academicians, so the wide range of personnel sources is still relatively strong.
Source: CCTV News