Fed: Olympic flame starts relay = 20

AAP General News (Australia)
04-24-2008
Fed: Olympic flame starts relay = 20

Final relay runner retired Olympic swimmer Ian Thorpe, flanked by dozens of police,
took the torch to the finish line in Commonwealth Park and lit the community cauldron,
which quickly went out.

The Chinese torch attendants moved in to relight the cauldron with the Olympic flame.

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KEYWORD: OLY08 FLAME LIT 20 CANBERRA

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