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The relay was wrapped up at 6:03 local time as Wang Qihong, a wheelchair torchbearer, was privileged to light the cauldron in Shenzhen Sports Gymnasium.

Torchbearer Wang Qihong (R) lights the cauldron with the torch during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, on May 8, 2008.


Torchbearer Wang Qihong (R) lights the cauldron with the torch during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, on May 8, 2008.

"The Olympic flame is going to be relayed from Olympia to Beijing. The torchbears are the carriers and representatives of Olympic spirit. Today I, representing 208 torchbearers in Shenzhen, lit the cauldron. It's a great honor and I will reserve the memory for life," said Wang.

Torchbearer Wang Qihong (C) holds up the torch during a ceremony after the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, on May 8, 2008.


Torchbearer Wang Qihong (C) holds up the torch during a ceremony after the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, on May 8, 2008.

Wang, a national gold medalist of artistic gymnast, had lost her legs for incurring bone cancer years ago, but she has been fighting against the paralysis and keeping on her quest for the sport as a trainer.

Torchbearer Wang Qihong (L) holds up the torch during a ceremony after the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, on May 8, 2008.


Torchbearer Wang Qihong (L) holds up the torch during a ceremony after the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, on May 8, 2008.

Wang was entitled the "National Model Worker" and "Shenzhen Top Ten Youth" in 2005.

Torchbearer Wang Qihong sitting in a wheelchair holds up the torch during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, on May 8, 2008.


Torchbearer Wang Qihong sitting in a wheelchair holds up the torch during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, on May 8, 2008.

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