The Beijing Olympic torch relay in St. Petersburg, the third leg of its global journey, ended on Saturday afternoon at the Palace Square.
Mayor of St. Petersburg Valentina Matviyenko (L Front) gives the torch to torchbearer Galina Zybina, Russia's shot put gold medallist at the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, at the Victory Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, on April 5, 2008. St. Petersburg is the third stop of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay outside the Chinese mainland. (Photo credit: Xinhua)
At around 3 p.m. (1100 GMT), the last torchbearer Svetlana Zhurova, the vice speaker of Russian State Duma and a gold medalist at 2006 Turin Winter Olympics, ran into the Palace Square on the south of the Winter Palace, where a huge crowd had already waited to receive the Olympic flame.
A grand celebration was held starting from 2:30 p.m. at the square. After Zhurova lit the cauldron, the audience brought out a burst of applause.
Galina Zybina, shot put gold medalist at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, was the first torchbearer running from the Victory Square at about 10:45 a.m. (0645 GMT).
After 250 meters, she handed over the flame to Leonid Tyagachyov, the president of the Russian Olympic Committee, who ran another 250 meters.
There was a total of 80 torchbearers in St. Petersburg, including famous athletes, cultural and business figures and politicians, covering a distance of about 20 kilometers.
The Olympic torch had already been relayed in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on April 2 and Turkey's Istanbul on April 3. It will go on Saturday evening from St. Petersburg to London, the capital of Britain.
Mayor of St. Petersburg Valentina Matviyenko (L Front) gives the torch to torchbearer Galina Zybina, Russia's shot put gold medallist at the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, at the Victory Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, on April 5, 2008. St. Petersburg is the third stop of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay outside the Chinese mainland. (Photo credit: Xinhua)
At around 3 p.m. (1100 GMT), the last torchbearer Svetlana Zhurova, the vice speaker of Russian State Duma and a gold medalist at 2006 Turin Winter Olympics, ran into the Palace Square on the south of the Winter Palace, where a huge crowd had already waited to receive the Olympic flame.
A grand celebration was held starting from 2:30 p.m. at the square. After Zhurova lit the cauldron, the audience brought out a burst of applause.
Galina Zybina, shot put gold medalist at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, was the first torchbearer running from the Victory Square at about 10:45 a.m. (0645 GMT).
After 250 meters, she handed over the flame to Leonid Tyagachyov, the president of the Russian Olympic Committee, who ran another 250 meters.
There was a total of 80 torchbearers in St. Petersburg, including famous athletes, cultural and business figures and politicians, covering a distance of about 20 kilometers.
The Olympic torch had already been relayed in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on April 2 and Turkey's Istanbul on April 3. It will go on Saturday evening from St. Petersburg to London, the capital of Britain.
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