torch bearer
The selection of torchbearers in the autonomous region is mainly based on Urumqi, Kashgar, Shihezi and Changji, taking into account 1 1 prefectures and cities that did not undertake the torch relay.
Running guard
According to BOCOG's arrangement, the autonomous region will select 137 runners for college students, high school students and young teachers. The task of runners is to provide support for torchbearers, especially the disabled torchbearers, and prepare to help torchbearers complete the torch relay when necessary.
Yesterday (15) morning, the organizing committee of the Beijing Olympic torch relay in Xinjiang held a press conference. Tieliwaldi Abdurexiti, vice chairman of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, introduced the relay of the Olympic torch in four cities in Xinjiang. From June 7, 2007 to June 9, 2009, the Olympic torch will be carried in Urumqi, Kashgar, Shihezi and Changji, respectively, by "Sky Prince" Adili and artist Huang.
Celebrities such as Hong, Chen Jianbin and others will take part in the torch relay in four cities in Xinjiang.
The total distance of Xinjiang is more than 3000 kilometers.
Tieli Valdi said that the Beijing Olympic torch will fly from Chongqing to Urumqi on the evening of 16, and the three-day relay will begin in Xinjiang on 17. The Olympic torch will pass through the north and south of Tianshan Mountain, passing through four cities: Urumqi, the geographical center of Asia, Kashgar, Shihezi and changji city, the pearl at the northern foot of Tianshan Mountain, with a total length of more than 3,000 kilometers. These four cities represent various cultures in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region from different aspects.
Among them, the relay in Urumqi started at 9: 30 am in Urumqi People's Square 17 and ended at 0: 55 am in Xinjiang Sports Center West Square1155, but the detailed route map of the relay was not announced at the press conference. 18, the groundbreaking ceremony of Kashgar was held in the famous Aitig Square in Kashgar.
Adili and Huang Hong became torchbearers.
Among the 624 torchbearers who participated in the Olympic torch relay in Xinjiang, there were workers, farmers, private owners, doctors, teachers, students, soldiers and civil servants. Many of them are domestic celebrities. As the first torchbearer in Xinjiang, Abdul Siku, a boxer known as the "China Boxing Champion", won national championships many times during his athlete's time, and the athletes he trained also won national championships many times.
Besides, artists such as Huang Hong, Chen Jianbin and Wang Xuebing will also take part in the torch relay in Xinjiang. Famous torchbearers include "Prince of the Sky" Adili, founder of Crazy English Li Yang, world shooting champion Li Wenjie, and Nightingale Prize winner Jiang Yunyan. Among them, Adili, the "Prince of the Sky", also plans to perform a 2008-meter-long tightrope walk at the Great Wall on July 13 this year to welcome the Beijing Olympic Games. At that time, Adili will be dressed in traditional Uygur costumes, surrounded by 100 people riding horses from Dao Lang, Xinjiang, and perform with a balance pole. It is worth mentioning that the proportion of ethnic minority torchbearers in Xinjiang is as high as 45%. Based on the population distribution in Xinjiang, it covers 13 ethnic minorities such as Uygur, Kazak, Mongolian, Hui and Xibo, highlighting the characteristics of regional ethnic autonomy in Xinjiang.
The patient will share the torch with the rescuers.
In the list of torchbearers in Xinjiang, there are three torchbearers from different units, who are linked by a love action. Xie Junjie, a congenital cataract patient, and his rescuer have also become torchbearers in Xinjiang Station, and will take part in the relay in Shihezi and Urumqi respectively.
Xie Junjie is a worker in Shihezi Diesel Engine Factory. He once suffered from congenital cataract, but due to family financial difficulties, he has not been treated. Fortunately, he got the attention of Xinjiang Disabled Persons' Federation, and with the support of Samsung's "love light Action", he received free cataract surgery and successfully recovered. This time, he will pass the torch in his hometown of Shihezi as a healthy torchbearer.
Hu Zhibin, vice chairman of the Disabled Persons' Federation of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, who helped him, and Xu Lin, deputy director of the Department of Ophthalmology of the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, also became torchbearers. They will take part in the Urumqi relay. (Reporter Sun Changyuan)
At 9: 30 am on June 5438+09, the launching ceremony of the torch relay was held in the Party and Government Service Center Square in Shihezi City, and the morning relay ended at Kangle Square 1 1 40. It lasted 2 hours 10 minute, 104 torchbearers participated in the relay, and the relay route was 8 kilometers. 13:00, the Olympic torch was passed from Shihezi to changji city. The torch was lit at changji city Municipal Center at 15: 55, and the closing ceremony was held at 17:00 in Yaxin Square, changji city. Duration 1 hour, 104 torchbearers participated in the relay. The relay route is 4.2 kilometers.