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Article: Paralympic Flame lit in Athens, torch relay starts
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- September 10, 2004
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Paralympic Flame lit in Athens, torch relay starts
ATHENS, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- The Flame for Athens Paralympic Games
was lit here Thursday evening in the center of Athens below the world
famous Acropolis, starting the 9th torch relay in Paralympic history.
Addressing the lighting ceremony which started at 7:40 pm local
time, President of Athens Organizing Committee (ATHOC) Gianna
Angelopoulos-Daskalaki invited the whole world to the Paralympic
Games, which will be hosted by Greece for the first time in its
history.
"Highlighting the athlete, and not the disability, the Athens
Paralympic Games will offer everyone the unique opportunity of
experiencing at first hand athletes' pursuit of ...