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Article: Beijing Paralympic Torch Relay held in central China's Wuhan
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- August 31, 2008
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Beijing Paralympic Torch Relay held in central China's Wuhan
WUHAN, Central China, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- The Paralympic torch
relay continued its journey in Wuhan on Sunday as the second leg of
the "Modern China" route.
The opening ceremony started at about 8 a.m. at Wuhan Sports
Center. Sixty torchbearers, including 11 disabled, ran in the three-
kilometer-long relay.
The first runner, Cheng Yu, is a disabled former athlete from
national team. She is the champion of women's team table tennis in
Seoul 1988 Paralympic Games.
The torch was passed on in Wuhan economic and technological
development zone, of which rapid economic growth has surpassed
thirty percent in recent five years.
The ...