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Article: Olympic flame lands in Buenos Aires for its seventh stop
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- April 10, 2008
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Olympic flame lands in Buenos Aires for its seventh stop
BUENOS AIRES, April 10 (Xinhua) -- The Olympic flame arrived in
Buenos Aires on Thursday for the seventh stop of its global journey.
The route in Buenos Aires is set to pass Women Bridge, Casa
Posada, May Square, City Hall, Obelisk, Rose Garden and Equestrian
Club, going through the Seven-Nine Street and Liberation Street. The
destination is located outside of the River Plate Stadium. A rowing
relay will be presented under the Women's Bridge.
High-profiled torchbearers are legendary soccer player Diego
Maradona, Gabriel Batistuta, Anderes D'Alessandro. The last
torchbearer is retired tennis player Gabriela Sabatini.
Maradona is a ...