| The head priestess (L), actress Maria Nafpliotou, kindles a torch in hand of Greece's Olympic silver medallist for Taekwondo Alexandros Nikolaidis during the last rehearsal for the Olympic flame lighting ceremony for the Beijing 2008 Games in Olympia, Greece, March 23, 2008. From Olympia, the flame will be carried for 1,528 km through Greece by 645 runners. It will be handed over to the Beijing Olympic Committee on March 30 at the stadium in Athens where the first modern Games were held in 1896. A relay of runners will then carry the flame for 137,000 km over 130 days. (Xinhua) |
