The last torchbearer Yan Junfang lit the caudron at the Yangling International Convention Center at 9:26 a.m. on Thursday, marking the end to the Olympic Torch Relay in Yangling, the second stop in Shaanxi Province.

The city of Xianyang will host the Olympic flame this afternoon.

Shan Lun, a 75-year-old academic with the Chinese Institute of Engineering, ran with the Olympic torch at 8:13 a.m., kicking off the Yangling leg of the Olympic Torch Relay in Shaanxi Province.

A total of 95 torchbearers participated in the 6.53 km-long relay.

"I very much treasure my experience as a torchbearer. And I will try my best to support the country and the Olympics," Shan said, adding he will use the Olympic spirit in his scientific research and achieve greater results.

(BOCOG July 3, 2008)