Torch descends from mountains of Linyi

 

(LINYI, July 21) -- The Olympic Torch Relay left Linyi at 6.37 p.m. on Monday after completing its 5.6 kilometer tour of the mountainous city.

Torchbearer Zhao Zhiquan lit the cauldron at Fenghuang Square bringing to an end the second stop of the relay in Shandong Province. Zhang Xia, a representative of Shandong Women's Representative Congress, was the afternoon's first torchbearer.

The Linyi leg of the relay involved a total of 109 torchbearers.